Overdose

"Overdose is a necessary and searching investigation into a devastating epidemic that should never have happened. Benjamin Perrin painstakingly shows that it need not continue if we, as a society, heed the evidence."
—Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction

A “deeply reported, deeply moving” (Patrick Radden Keefe) account of everyday heroes fighting on the front lines of the overdose crisis, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick (inspiration for the Peabody Award-winning Hulu limited series) and Factory Man.an.

The best manual on the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning and drug overdose. Thoroughly updated, this reference features extensive tables summarizing toxicity and workplace exposure guidelines for over 500 industrial chemicals, an index containing the ingredients of over 150 common commercial products, and tabs for quick reference.

Every overdose is a policy failure. Such is the guiding element of journalist Jack Shuler's new book, one that explores the current addiction crisis as a human rights problem fostered by poverty and inadequate health care.