Everything You Know About Drugs Is Wrong: The Making of Addiction and a New Approach to Overdose in America

Why do we keep making the same mistakes in our treatment of the overdose crises? Stephen Murray, nationally recognized overdose expert, hotline director, and former paramedic, believes that criminalization, stigma, abstinence-only recovery models, and the moralization of drug use have not stopped people from using drugs. Instead, these factors have reshaped how they use—hidden, rushed, and alone— which turns moments of risk into fatal ones. By reframing overdose as a crisis of presence and ...