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Dopesick: The American Addiction to Heroin and Profit
Ryan Homanics in his first literary work attempts to explore the heroin epidemic in this country in a way not previously attempted. He draws upon personal experiences over the course of nearly a decade being addicted to drugs and merges that understanding with a look at the socio-economic environment that the heroin epidemic thrives in. He lays out in Dopesick how the current conditions of the society around us are actually driving the epidemic to higher and higher levels of human tragedy. The human desire to acquire profit at all costs are causing institutions large and small to put dollar bills over human lives. Until the fundamental driving forces behind the heroin epidemic are identified, addressed, critiqued, and changed the problem will only get worse. Significantly worse.
152 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 28, 2018
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January 15, 2023
Relapse is big business
The author writes of the reality of how addiction is treated in America - it’s a profit driven business. More relapses means more money. There is no incentive to help addicts recover from addiction. Of course there are those who truly do want to help an addict recover - unfortunately they are the minority. I agree with the author on everything he addressed in this book. This is the first time I’ve come across an individual who beliefs are so aligned with mine. People continue to suffer, both the addict and those who love them, the number of overdoses is skyrocketing and incarceration rates for drug offenders continue to climb. It’s obvious our system doesn’t work - that’s been apparent since the “War on Drugs” began. The system in America is so corrupt and places little value on human life.
The author writes of the reality of how addiction is treated in America - it’s a profit driven business. More relapses means more money. There is no incentive to help addicts recover from addiction. Of course there are those who truly do want to help an addict recover - unfortunately they are the minority. I agree with the author on everything he addressed in this book. This is the first time I’ve come across an individual who beliefs are so aligned with mine. People continue to suffer, both the addict and those who love them, the number of overdoses is skyrocketing and incarceration rates for drug offenders continue to climb. It’s obvious our system doesn’t work - that’s been apparent since the “War on Drugs” began. The system in America is so corrupt and places little value on human life.
May 18, 2022
Truth!
An addicts recovery story that makes sense, especially to those who've traveled the same road. Current treatments are woefully inadequate to the problem and I applaud the writer's courage to suggest radical change. Well done
An addicts recovery story that makes sense, especially to those who've traveled the same road. Current treatments are woefully inadequate to the problem and I applaud the writer's courage to suggest radical change. Well done
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