drugs

"Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths"--OCLC.

"In recent years, drug overdoses have been rising in many communities. Many overdoses are fatal. In fact, in 2020, drug overdose deaths soared over 93,000, a record number according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Drug overdoses can strike anywhere, in cities, suburbs, and rural areas from Florida to Alaska. People of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups have been affected by the rise in overdoses"--Provided by publisher.

"Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths"--OCLC.

"Documents the decline of white-working class lives over the last half-century and examines the social and economic forces that have slowly made these lives more difficult"--OCLC.

"A transfer student and scholarship recipient, sophomore Lia Setiawan is angered when she discovers a cheating ring, but by the time she finds a dead body and shuts down the campus drug dealer, she fears she might be the biggest snake in the Draycott Academy nest of vipers"--OCLC.

"One night, Dr. Julie Rees is stunned when the emergency room she works at is flooded with teenagers suffering from life-threathening drug overdoses. The patients were all at the same party, and Julie soon recognizes that these aren't typical cases. So does Detective Anson Chen, assigned to investigate what happened. Julie, who is also a toxicologist, suspects the teens took--or were given--fentanyl or a fentanyl derivative. But why did they succumb so quickly? Julie and Anson begin to try to track down whoever supplied the drugs. But when other people with the same disturbing overdose symptoms begin showing up in the ER--and the morgue--Julie starts to realize that something extremely disturbing is happening on the streets of Vancouver."--Provided by publisher.

Ash is forced into a meeting with his adopted father, crime boss "Papa" Dino Golzine, but with Colonel Foxx still on the prowl, and a damaging news story about to break, the situation quickly turns into a final showdown.

Ash has escaped from the mental institution where he was being held captive, taking with him proof of the dangers of the mind control drug banana fish, but crime lord "Papa" Dino Golzine is not about to let Ash go, and hires the mysterious Blanca to recapture the young man at any cost.

The news that Ash has died devastates Eiji, but Ash's posse suspects the truth--that something more sinister is afoot--and begins to make plans to free Ash from the special medical facility where crime lord "Papa" Dino Golzine has arranged for him to become a guinea pig for testing of the mind control drug banana fish.

Ash Lynx, the adopted heir of a crime boss, rejects his father's kingdom and sets up his own gang; however, a chance meeting with a dying man leads him into conflict with his father's mafia and provides a clue to his brother's post-Vietnam madness.