Publisher's Synopsis
The American overdose crisis has reached record-breaking heights; preventable overdoses are now responsible for more annual deaths than traffic accidents, suicide or gun violence. Fentanyl - a potent, inexpensive and easy-to-manufacture synthetic opioid - has thoroughly contaminated the drug supply, and while it frequently makes front page news across the US, it remains poorly understood by policymakers and the public. In 'Fentanyl Nation', recovery advocate Ryan Hampton separates the facts from the fiction surrounding Fentanyl and shows how overdose deaths are ultimately policy failures.
