Rehab : an American scandal

Walter, Shoshana, author.

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Book

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.

©2025

xvii, 299 pages ; 24 cm

"Our country's leaders all seem to agree: People who suffer from addiction need treatment. Today, more people have access to treatment than ever before. So why isn't it working? The answer is that in America--where anyone can get addicted--only 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. We've heard a great deal about the opioid crisis foisted on America by Big Pharma, but we've heard too little about the other half of this epidemic--the reason why so many remain mired in addiction. Until now"-- Amazon.com.

Opioid abuse -- United States.

Opioid abuse -- Treatment.

Substance abuse -- Treatment -- United States.

Drug abuse -- United States -- Prevention.

Introduction: America's other drug crisis -- Part one: An epidemic begins. Chris Koon, Pineville, Louisana, 2005 -- April Lee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2001 -- Larry Ley, Noblesville, Indiana, 2004 -- Wendy McEntyre, Thousand Oaks, California, 2004 -- Part two: The road to recovery. Chris Koon, Pineville, Louisana, 2015 -- April Lee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014 -- Larry Ley, Carmel, Indiana, 2013 -- Wendy McEntyre, Skyforest, California, 2014 -- Chris Koon, 2025 -- April Lee, 2014 -- Larry Ley, 2013 -- Wendy McEntyre -- 2014 -- Chris Koon, 2015 -- April Lee, 2014 -- Larry Ley 2014 -- Wendy McEntyre, 2015 -- Part three: Relapse and recovery. Chris Koon, 2017 -- April Lee, 2016 -- Larry Ley, 2019 -- Wendy McEntyre, 2022 -- Epilogue.

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