Beth Macy

author of “Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis”

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More than 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2021, according to the CDC.

How to break opioid cycle? ‘Raising Lazarus’ looks at people who are helping

More than 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2021, according to the CDC.

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