Raising Lazarus

Raising Lazarus, Beth Macy’s follow-up to Dopesick, will radically change your opinions on the opioid crisis.

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Review of ‘Raising Lazarus’

"I can't imagine another disease on the planet where if somebody didn't get better, everybody in their life would abandon them," said Chris Schaffner, director of a harm-reduction program in Peoria, Illinois. And yet, that's the attitude many of us have toward people with addictions, thanks to America's long-standing war on drugs…

Interview with Beth Macy

The bestselling author of Dopesick reexamines opioid addiction, this time with a more hopeful view.

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