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Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,138 ratings — published
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Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.47 — 319 ratings — published 2022
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.48 — 25,179 ratings — published 2007
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Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.49 — 22,375 ratings — published 2015
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Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,906 ratings — published 2021
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Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City’s Struggle with Addiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.44 — 363 ratings — published
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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.22 — 32,966 ratings — published 2015
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Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,309 ratings — published 2016
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Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,716 ratings — published
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High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,070 ratings — published 2013
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Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking & Screaming: Looking for Harm Reduction in a 12-Step World Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking & Screaming: Looking for Harm Reduction in a 12-Step World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.26 — 23 ratings — published 2009
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Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.62 — 231 ratings — published
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,131 ratings — published 2003
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Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.41 — 895 ratings — published 2025
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When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 6,807 ratings — published 2023
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First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 3.79 — 559 ratings — published 2024
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The Drug Users Bible The Drug Users Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.43 — 115 ratings — published
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Drugs & Jesus: Faith Meets Harm Reduction Drugs & Jesus: Faith Meets Harm Reduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 5.00 — 5 ratings — published
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.53 — 147,366 ratings — published 2021
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Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,824 ratings — published 2016
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The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,421 ratings — published 2015
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.32 — 16,084 ratings — published 2017
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Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,521 ratings — published 2019
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Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,422 ratings — published
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The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.02 — 670 ratings — published 2016
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Raise Shit!: Social Action Saving Lives Raise Shit!: Social Action Saving Lives (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.04 — 27 ratings — published 2010
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Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.14 — 154 ratings — published 2003
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Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 3.99 — 48,278 ratings — published 2008
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.07 — 47,015 ratings — published 2018
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Things in Nature Merely Grow Things in Nature Merely Grow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.34 — 15,441 ratings — published 2025
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We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,318 ratings — published 2020
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It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,389 ratings — published 2023
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Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.37 — 188 ratings — published 2026
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Up and Down on the Downtown Eastside Up and Down on the Downtown Eastside (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.11 — 36 ratings — published 2011
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Drugs are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir Drugs are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,207 ratings — published 2005
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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,524 ratings — published 2020
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Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.26 — 42,516 ratings — published 2018
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.21 — 83,315 ratings — published 2022
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Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.55 — 914 ratings — published
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Good Cop, Bad War Good Cop, Bad War (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,394 ratings — published 2016
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Body Autonomy: Decolonizing Sex Work & Drug Use Body Autonomy: Decolonizing Sex Work & Drug Use (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.21 — 14 ratings — published
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Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,385 ratings — published 2023
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A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,238 ratings — published 2017
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The Manual of Psychedelic Support The Manual of Psychedelic Support (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 3.89 — 18 ratings — published 2015
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Touch Me, I'm Sick: A Memoir in Essays Touch Me, I'm Sick: A Memoir in Essays (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 3.99 — 70 ratings — published
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I Heart Sex Workers: A Christian Response to People in the Sex Trade I Heart Sex Workers: A Christian Response to People in the Sex Trade (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 4.31 — 29 ratings — published 2012
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Addiction, Modernity, and the City: A Users’ Guide to Urban Space (Routledge Advances in Sociology) Addiction, Modernity, and the City: A Users’ Guide to Urban Space (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
by (shelved 1 time as harm-reduction)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published
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“Nobody in a position of real power and influence in government has the courage to say, publicly:
"We made a mistake. Certain drugs which are now illegal can be used by healthy adults with relative safety and no threat of addiction, but you have to know what their effects are and how to use them properly. These include most psychedelics. Other drugs can be used safely by most people, but could be habituating to a few. Those few must have access to good medical care if they get into trouble. Some drugs seem to be either harmful or addicting to most users, and we will de our best to inform you fully regarding their effects and track records, as we now do with prescription drugs. Drug education will be provided across the country and the teachers will no longer be police or politicians, but physicians, chemist and pharmacologist who specialize in this field.”
Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin

Dalai Lama XIV
“I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I’m not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I’m not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks.”
Dalai Lama XIV

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