Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis

Beth Macy makes plain that in these “Uneven United States of America,” even after decades of opioid devastation, we have yet to fully rise to the challenges of this crisis. But that does not mean there are no heroes, that we should forget to hope. No less gripping, powerful, and vehement than Factory Man and Dopesick, Macy’s painstakingly brilliant piecing together how we got here, Raising Lazarus reveals the heroism become manifest when compassion compels us to truly recognize the humanity of the suffering.