This Monstrous Obsession, 9781633889446
Hardcover
Truth, loss, and hope for families battling America’s opioid crisis.

This Monstrous Obsession

Hard Lessons Learned about Addiction

$57.87

  • Hardcover

    200 pages

  • Release Date

    6 May 2024

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Summary

The insidious opioid epidemic has ravaged American homes and communities for far too long. Three million American families have a loved one addicted to opioids, and fatal drug overdose is the number one cause of death for all Americans aged eighteen to forty-four. Though we are deeply familiar with the tragedy and severity of this public health crisis, almost everything we hear about it in the media or online is outdated, irrelevant, driven by profit over patient care, or just plain wrong. Wh…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781633889446
ISBN-10:1633889440
Author:James L. Baker, James L. Baker, M.D. M.P.H.
Publisher:Prometheus Books
Imprint:Prometheus Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:200
Release Date:6 May 2024
Weight:445g
Dimensions:236mm x 159mm x 23mm
About The Author

James L. Baker

Dr. James Baker is the inaugural Chair of the Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use and physician consultant for the Massachusetts Consultation Service for the Treatment of Addiction and Pain (MCSTAP). As both a parent and a medical professional, he has witnessed the wide-reaching impacts of the opioid epidemic. While a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, he was asked by the White House to join the staff of the Presidential Commission on the HIV Epidemic. He then served for more than ten years in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School before pursuing a career in hospice and palliative medicine. He has presented to Congress on addiction policy, met with federal, state, and local elected officials to advocate for change, and has shared his story on PBS, NPR, BBC, WBZ Evening News in Boston, and in the Wall Street Journal.

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