Fentanyl Spiral

<p>Fentanyl Spiral: The Mental Unmaking of America is a comprehensive account of the fentanyl crisis framed not just as a public health disaster but as a systemic collapse unraveling the nation's social and mental fabric. The book traces the opioid's path from its creation as a surgical painkiller to its current status as a devastating street drug fueled by pharmaceutical greed failed policies and cartel efficiency.</p><p>Beyond the staggering overdose death toll the book's central argument is the mental unmaking-fentanyl's insidious erosion of users' cognitive function and personality creating widespread street-level psychosis. It explores this crisis through the rapid descent of individuals the brutal economy of vice funding addiction the collapse of communities into open-air drug markets and the failure of overwhelmed systems.</p><p>Despite this harrowing portrait the book concludes with hope advocating for a paradigm shift from a war on drugs to evidence-based solutions like harm reduction Housing First initiatives and integrated treatment offering a path toward healing and restoration.</p>