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Rehab: An American Scandal
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Pulitzer Finalist Shoshana Walter Exposes The CountryS Failed Response To The Opioid Crisis, And The Malfeasance, Corruption, And Snake Oil Which Blight The Drug Rehabilitation Industry.Our CountryS Leaders All Seem To Agree: People Who Suffer From Addiction Need Treatment. Today, More People Have Access To Treatment Than Ever Before. So Why IsnT It Working? The Answer Is That In AmericaWhere Anyone Can Get AddictedOnly Certain People Get A Real Chance To Recover. Despite Record Numbers Of Overdose Deaths, Our Default Response Is Still To Punish, While Rehabs Across The United States Fail To Incorporate Scientifically Proven Strategies And Exploit Patients. WeVe Heard A Great Deal About The Opioid Crisis Foisted On America By Big Pharma, But WeVe Heard Too Little About The Other Half Of This EpidemicThe Reason Why So Many Remain Mired In Addiction. Until Now.In This Book, YouLl Find The Stories Of Four People Who Represent The Failures Of The RehabIndustrial Complex, And The Ways Our Treatment System Often Prevents Recovery. April Is A Black Mom In Philadelphia, Who Witnessed Firsthand How The GovernmentS Punitive Response To The Crack Epidemic Impeded Her Own MotherS RecoveryAnd Then Her Own. Chris, A Young MiddleClass White Man From Louisiana, Received More Opportunities In His Addiction Than April, Including The Chance To Go To Treatment Instead Of Prison. Yet The Only Program The Judge Permitted Was One That Forced Him To Perform Unpaid BackBreaking Labor At ForProfit Companies. Wendy Is A Mother From A Wealthy Suburb Of Los Angeles, Whose Son Died In A Sober Living Home. She Began Investigating ForProfit Treatment ProgramsYet Law Enforcement And Regulators Routinely Ignored Her Warnings, Allowing Rehab Patients To Die, Again And Again. Larry Is A Surgeon Who Himself Struggled With Addiction, Who Would Eventually Become One Of The First Suboxone Prescribers In The Nation, Drawing The Scrutiny Of The Drug Enforcement Administration. Together, These Four Stories Illustrate The Pitfalls Of A System That Not Only Fails To Meet The Needs Of People With Addiction, But Actively Benefits From Maintaining Their Lower Status. They Also Offer Insight Into How We Might Fix That System And Save Lives.
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