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Once more, with feeling / by McCreesh, Sophie,author.;
"Once More, With Feeling follows Jane, an artist navigating her closest relationships while fixating on her own perceived failures and self-imposed isolation. When Jane receives a student grant to attend a workshop in London, England, she sees the opportunity to leave her tedious life behind and start anew, bringing along her new friend Kitty, who Jane will not admit she has little in common with other than a shared appreciation for boxed wine and various other drugs. In London, Jane struggles to improve both her craft and her mindset while Kitty thrives, and a once exciting trip abroad transforms the already uneven dynamic of their friendship, leaving Jane feeling more withdrawn than ever. As her increasingly destructive behaviour gets in the way of her artistic ambitions, her most important relationships--those with Kitty, her absent lover Richard and a discredited therapist named Anna--begin to deteriorate as Jane starts to examine her growing dependence on substances."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Anxiety; Artists; Canadians; Drug addiction; Female friendship; Self-destructive behavior; Self-esteem; Social isolation; Substance abuse;
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Pain hustlers : crime and punishment at an opioid startup / by Hughes, Evan,1975-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The blistering inside story of a startup that made millions pushing opioids--until its cutthroat tactics were exposed and its executives put behind bars. John Kapoor had amassed a small fortune in pharmaceuticals when he conceived of a new product. It was the 2000s, and opioids were big business. If Kapoor, an immigrant and the billionaire founder of Insys, could find a new way to administer the highly potent fentanyl, he could patent his invention and sell it to those in need--at a steep price. The only problem: There weren't enough people in need. Kapoor's drug was approved for breakthrough cancer pain. If Subsys was going to turn a profit, the company would need to persuade doctors to prescribe it 'off-label,' for other, lesser forms of pain. This is the story of how Insys turned a niche drug into big business. With executives leading the charge, Insys sales reps seduced doctors with charm, money, and sex. Its administrators lied to health care providers, claiming recipients had cancer when they did not. It pushed drugs onto patients that would have benefited from safer options, or no drugs at all. The strategy worked: When Insys went public, it notched the biggest IPO of its year. But several employees reached their limit and quietly blew the whistle, bringing the full force of the justice system upon the drug maker. In [Pain Hustlers], author and National Magazine Award-finalist Evan Hughes lays bare the pharma playbook. He shows how drug makers like Insys, fueled by greed and a hunger for market share, turn deception into profit. The book represents a stunning vindication, but also a cautionary tale. As Hughes shows, Insys didn't do anything its competitors weren't also doing. It was simply worse at covering its tracks."--
Subjects: Insys Therapeutics, Inc.; Advertising; Opioid abuse; Pharmaceutical industry; Pharmaceutical industry; Opioids;
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This bright future : a memoir / by Hall, Bobby,author.;
"A raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist ... A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and--with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education--he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Hall, Bobby.; Adult child abuse victims; Adult children of alcoholics; Adult children of drug addicts; Adult children of dysfunctional families; Internet personalities; Rap musicians;
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Long way home / by Douglas, Cameron,1978-author.;
From the scion of Hollywood royalty - son of Michael Douglas, grandson of Kirk Douglas - comes a memoir detailing Cameron Douglas's struggle to regain his dignity, humanity, and place in society after many years of drug abuse and almost eight years in prison.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Douglas, Cameron, 1978-; Douglas, Cameron, 1978-; Drug addicts;
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Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America / by Macy, Beth,author.;
Subjects: Medication abuse; Opioid abuse; Oxycodone abuse; Oxycodone.;
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Coming Home. by Osbourne, Sharon.;
In 'Coming Home', Sharon Osbourne details some of the most hardest years she's experienced: the anguish of a broken marriage and Ozzy's infidelities, the constant spectre of drug abuse, the loss of friends and betrayal of colleagues, and her ongoing battles with mental health crises.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs;
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Heroin : its history, pharmacology, and treatment / by Fernandez, Humberto,1950-; Libby, Therissa A.,1960-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-270), Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Heroin; Heroin abuse.; Heroin abuse; Methadone maintenance.;
© c2011., Hazelden,
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Raising Lazarus : hope, justice, and the future of America's overdose crisis / by Macy, Beth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Journalist Beth Macy brings us to the next frontier of the opioid crisis, telling the story of the everyday heroes fighting to stem the tide of drug overdose in communities that are too often left to fend for themselves, and of the activists and relatives of the dead who are still struggling for accountability in America's courts"--
Subjects: Medication abuse; Medication abuse; Opioid abuse; Opioid abuse;
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Don't let go [videorecording] / by Estes, Jacob Aaron,1973-film director,screenwriter.; Mann, Byron,actor.; Oyelowo, David,actor.; Reid, Storm,2003-actor.; Williamson, Mykelti,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Costume designer, Naoine Haders ; editor, Billy Fox, Scott D. Hanson ; production designer, Celine Diano ; director of photography, Sharone Meir.Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, David Oyelowo, Byron Mann, Shinelle Azoroh, Omar Leyva.Jack Radcliff, a homicide detective, picks up his niece Ashley from a theater. It is revealed that Ashley does not like her father Garret due to his bipolar disorder and history with drug abuse. A day after Jack has a serious talk with his brother about getting his life together, he receives a crying call for help from Ashley. Jack rushes to her house but is too late, finding the dead bodies of Ashley, his brother Garret, and Garret's wife in an apparent murder-suicide. Two weeks later, Jack receives a phone call from Ashley who is calling from the past. He soon realizes that he has been given a chance to rewrite the past and uncover the truth about the family's murder.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, bloody images, and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Murder; Nieces; Uncles; African American families; Detectives; Time travel;
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Nobody ever asked me about the girls : women, music, and fame / by Robinson, Lisa(Music journalist),author.;
"From the effects of fame on family and vice versa to motherhood and drugs, sex, and romance, Lisa Robinson has discussed every taboo topic with nearly every significant living female artist to pass through the pages of Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. Here, her interviews with and observations of fabulous female pop and rock stars, from Tina Turner and Alanis Morrissette to Rihanna, show how these powerhouse women, all with vastly different life experiences, fell in love with music, seized their ambitions, and changed pop culture. Grouped by topic, ranging from hair and makeup to sexual and emotional abuse, Robinson's interviews reveal each individual artist's sense of humor, private hopes, and personal devastations-along with the grit and fire that brought each woman to the stage in the first place and empowered her to leave her mark on the world"--
Subjects: Women musicians.; Women singers.; Women in the music trade.; Fame.;
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