The Opioid Fix
America's Addiction Crisis and the Solution They Don't Want You to Have
$49.99
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2020
Summary
Why medication-assisted treatment, the most effective tool for battling opioid addiction, is significantly underused in the United States.
Bronze Winner of the 2021 IPPY Book Award in Health/Medicine/Nutrition, Gold Winner of the 2020 Foreword INDIES Award in Health
America’s addiction crisis is growing worse. More than 115 Americans die daily from opioid overdoses, with half a million deaths expected in the next decade. Time and again, scientific studies show that medic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421437651 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1421437651 |
| Author: | Barbara Andraka-Christou |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2020 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
“This book should be required reading for every American having any role in developing or implementing drug policy–perhaps that should include every registered voter.”
This book should be required reading for every American having any role in developing or implementing drug policy—perhaps that should include every registered voter.
—Caroline Jean Acker, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of History at Carnegie Mellon University, author of Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control
Barbara Andraka-Christou
Dr. Barbara “Basia” Andraka-Christou, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida, with a secondary joint appointment in the College of Medicine, received her JD and PhD from Indiana University–Bloomington. Her research has been published in numerous journals, including the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment and the International Journal of Drug Policy.
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