| Description |
x, 302 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Author Canning, a paramedic from Hartford, CT, writes about working on the front lines of the opioid epidemic in the United States. Canning takes readers on ambulance rides to the scene of overdose cases. His descriptions of what he finds there are vivid, disturbing, and moving. He explains his own transformation from someone with contempt for addicts to someone with sympathy for them, given what we now know about opiates' effects on brain chemistry. Canning advocates what is known as harm reduction in an effort to save those who struggle to quit drugs"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Canning, Peter, 1958-
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Opioid abuse -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
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Drug addicts -- Medical care -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
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Emergency medical services -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
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Canning, Peter, 1958- (OCoLC)fst00389268
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Emergency medical services. (OCoLC)fst00908554
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Opioid abuse. (OCoLC)fst01430929
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Connecticut -- Hartford.
(OCoLC)fst01207441
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781421439860 |
| ISBN |
9781421439853 hardcover |
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1421439859 hardcover |
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9781421439860 electronic book |
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