Ryan D. Schroeder is professor and department chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Louisville. Jason A. Ford is associate professor of sociology at the University of Central Florida. George E. Higgins is professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisville.

• List of TablesIntroduction: A Prescription for Misuse, Loss, and DestructionChapter 1 The New American Drug Epidemic?Chapter 2 A Pill to Cure the PainChapter 3 Middle-Class Prescription Medication Misuse and Diseases of DespairChapter 4 Policy PrescriptionsChapter 5 Death and Destruction, Hope and ResilienceNotesIndex

Ryan D. Schroeder is professor and department chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Louisville. Jason A. Ford is associate professor of sociology at the University of Central Florida. George E. Higgins is professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisville.

• List of TablesIntroduction: A Prescription for Misuse, Loss, and DestructionChapter 1 The New American Drug Epidemic?Chapter 2 A Pill to Cure the PainChapter 3 Middle-Class Prescription Medication Misuse and Diseases of DespairChapter 4 Policy PrescriptionsChapter 5 Death and Destruction, Hope and ResilienceNotesIndex

Ryan D. Schroeder is professor and department chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Louisville. Jason A. Ford is associate professor of sociology at the University of Central Florida. George E. Higgins is professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisville.

• List of TablesIntroduction: A Prescription for Misuse, Loss, and DestructionChapter 1 The New American Drug Epidemic?Chapter 2 A Pill to Cure the PainChapter 3 Middle-Class Prescription Medication Misuse and Diseases of DespairChapter 4 Policy PrescriptionsChapter 5 Death and Destruction, Hope and ResilienceNotesIndex