Raising Lazarus continues Beth Macy's investigation of the opioid epidemic begun in Dopesick, focusing on the people fighting to save lives at the crisis's ragged edge. Macy profiles harm reductionists who distribute clean syringes and naloxone, risking arrest to keep users alive; activists pushing pharmaceutical companies and the Sackler family toward accountability; and bereaved families who refuse to let their children's deaths be forgotten. The book follows its subjects through the grim realities of overdose response, the frustrating politics of drug policy, and the small victories that sustain those doing this work. Macy, a veteran journalist in Virginia, brings the same combination of narrative skill and moral urgency that characterized her previous book. She is clear about what works—medication-assisted treatment, harm reduction, treating addiction as a health issue rather than a crime—and who bears responsibility for policies that have failed. The book is an account of ongoing struggle rather than a story with a resolution, reflecting the reality that the overdose crisis continues to claim over 100,000 American lives annually. For readers seeking to understand both the crisis and those fighting it, Raising Lazarus provides essential reporting.