Fentanyl Nation is a sobering, well written and researched condemnation of the politics and machinations of the opiate crisis in the USA by politician and addiction recovery advocate Ryan Hampton. Released 24th Sept. 2024 by Macmillan on their St. Martin's Press imprint, it's 304 pages and is available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.
Accessible to all readers and written in a plain straightforward style, the author has nevertheless written an unflinching and compelling narrative around the politics of drug abuse in America and how decades of stigmatization and marginalization of people addicted to illicit drugs (with the complicity or outright active participation of the pharmaceutical companies) has only worsened the problem.
It's very well annotated, and the chapter notes and bibliography will provide many additional hours of learning for interested readers. The ebook format contains active hyperlinks to relevant references and is recommended.
Five stars. Sad, poignant, important, and surprisingly non-political/neutral. It would make an excellent choice for public library acquisition, therapy/recovery professionals, and non-fiction readers.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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