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A passionate call to abandon ineffective drug-war policies, reframe addiction as a public health issue, and end the Fentanyl crisis.The American overdose crisis has reached record-breaking heights; preventable overdoses are now responsible for more annual deaths than traffic accidents, suicide, or gun violence. Fentanyl -- a potent, inexpensive, and easy-to-manufacture synthetic opioid -- has thoroughly contaminated the drug supply, and while it frequently makes front page news across the country, it remains poorly understood by policymakers and the public. Why, despite all of our efforts to raise awareness and billions of dollars of investments, does this emergency keep getting worse?. In Fentanyl Nation, recovery advocate Ryan Hampton separates the facts from the fiction surrounding Fentanyl, and shows how overdose deaths are ultimately policy failures.
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Ryan Hampton is a national addiction recovery advocate, community organizer, author, and person in long-term recovery. He has worked with multiple non-profits across the country and served in a staff capacity for various political campaigns. An alumnus of the Clinton White House, Hampton is in recovery from a decade of active opioid use and is a leading voice in America's rising recovery movement. Hampton's first book, "American Fix," was released by St. Martin's Press in August 2018. He lives in Nevada with his fiancé, Sean, and their dog, Dollar.