Friday, October 4, 2019

Heartbreaking Reality

American Epidemic:  Reporting From the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis
Edited by John McMillian
Publication Date - October 22, 2019
4.5 stars

This collection gathers newspaper reports, excerpts from recent books, magazine articles and scholarly research on the current opioid epidemic.  The result is utterly heartbreaking.  I keep reading about the current crisis, not because I am intimately involved but to remain empathetic to those that are.  These essays follow addicts, police officers, counselors and family members as they deal with an often hopeless situation. The issues are so complicated and mostly everyone is just trying to do the best they can with the resources available.  There are so many great books being published on the opioid crisis, but this is comprehensive collection on the current reporting.  I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.   

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