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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Quinones, Sam, paperba
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1620402521
ISBN-13
9781620402528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211846241

Product Key Features

Book Title
Dreamland : the True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology, Public Policy / Social Policy, Psychopathology / Addiction, Disease & Health Issues, Criminology
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Author
Sam Quinones
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-435099
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
A haunting tale of opiate abuse in the heartland . . . Using expert storytelling and exhaustive detail, Quinones chronicles the perfect storm of circumstances that cleared the way for the Mexican narcotic to infiltrate our small and midsize communities over the last two decades., "The most original writer on Mexico and the border out there." -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Over the last 15 years, he has filed the best dispatches about Mexican migration and its effects on the United States and Mexico, bar none." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Journalist Quinones weaves an extraordinary story, including the personal journeys of the addicted, the drug traffickers, law enforcement, and scores of families affected by the scourge, as he details the social, economic, and political forces that eventually destroyed communities in the American heartland and continues to have a resounding impact." --starred review, Booklist "Unflinching . . . compellingly investigated." -- Kirkus Reviews "A haunting tale of opiate abuse in the heartland . . . Using expert storytelling and exhaustive detail, Quinones chronicles the perfect storm of circumstances that cleared the way for the Mexican narcotic to infiltrate our small and midsize communities over the last two decades." -- The Kansas City Star, Journalist Quinones weaves an extraordinary story, including the personal journeys of the addicted, the drug traffickers, law enforcement, and scores of families affected by the scourge, as he details the social, economic, and political forces that eventually destroyed communities in the American heartland and continues to have a resounding impact., Over the last 15 years, he has filed the best dispatches about Mexican migration and its effects on the United States and Mexico, bar none., "The most original writer on Mexico and the border out there." -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Over the last 15 years, he has filed the best dispatches about Mexican migration and its effects on the United States and Mexico, bar none." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Journalist Quinones weaves an extraordinary story, including the personal journeys of the addicted, the drug traffickers, law enforcement, and scores of families affected by the scourge, as he details the social, economic, and political forces that eventually destroyed communities in the American heartland and continues to have a resounding impact." -- Booklist "Unflinching . . . compellingly investigated." -- Kirkus Reviews "A haunting tale of opiate abuse in the heartland . . . Using expert storytelling and exhaustive detail, Quinones chronicles the perfect storm of circumstances that cleared the way for the Mexican narcotic to infiltrate our small and midsize communities over the last two decades." -- The Kansas City Star
Dewey Decimal
362.29/30973
Synopsis
Winner of the NBCC Award for General Nonfiction Named on Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar ( Politico ) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics ( Bloomberg / WSJ ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky ( WSJ ) Books of the Year--Slate.com's 10 Best Books of 2015-- Entertainment Weekly 's 10 Best Books of 2015 --Buzzfeed's 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2015--The Daily Beast's Best Big Idea Books of 2015-- Seattle Times ' Best Books of 2015-- Boston Globe 's Best Books of 2015-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 's Best Books of 2015-- The Guardian 's The Best Book We Read All Year--Audible's Best Books of 2015-- Texas Observer 's Five Books We Loved in 2015--Chicago Public Library's Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 From a small town in Mexico to the boardrooms of Big Pharma to main streets nationwide, an explosive and shocking account of addiction in the heartland of America. In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America--addiction like no other the country has ever faced. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland . With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two classic tales of capitalism run amok whose unintentional collision has been catastrophic. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive--extremely addictive--miracle painkiller. Meanwhile, a massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel--assaulted small town and mid-sized cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico. Introducing a memorable cast of characters--pharma pioneers, young Mexican entrepreneurs, narcotics investigators, survivors, and parents--Quinones shows how these tales fit together. Dreamland is a revelatory account of the corrosive threat facing America and its heartland., Winner of the NBCC Award for General Nonfiction Named on Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years, Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar ( Politico ) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics ( Bloomberg / WSJ ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky ( WSJ ) Books of the Year--Slate.com's 10 Best Books of 2015-- Entertainment Weekly 's 10 Best Books of 2015 --Buzzfeed's 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2015--The Daily Beast's Best Big Idea Books of 2015-- Seattle Times ' Best Books of 2015-- Boston Globe 's Best Books of 2015-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch 's Best Books of 2015-- The Guardian 's The Best Book We Read All Year--Audible's Best Books of 2015-- Texas Observer 's Five Books We Loved in 2015--Chicago Public Library's Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 From a small town in Mexico to the boardrooms of Big Pharma to main streets nationwide, an explosive and shocking account of addiction in the heartland of America. In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America--addiction like no other the country has ever faced. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland . With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two classic tales of capitalism run amok whose unintentional collision has been catastrophic. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive--extremely addictive--miracle painkiller. Meanwhile, a massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel--assaulted small town and mid-sized cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico. Introducing a memorable cast of characters--pharma pioneers, young Mexican entrepreneurs, narcotics investigators, survivors, and parents--Quinones shows how these tales fit together. Dreamland is a revelatory account of the corrosive threat facing America and its heartland., From a small town in Mexico to the boardrooms of Big Pharma, an explosive and shocking account of addiction and black tar heroin in the heartland of America.
LC Classification Number
HV5840.M4Q56 2015

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  • Understand the roots of the opiate crisis and multisystem failure.

    If you wonder how we got so messed up with drugs in the US then this is the book for you. I have worked in that field as a social worker for thirty years and thought I knew a lot but this author really filled in the blanks for me. The shameful profiteering from some pharma companies as well as the government that sat on its hands while unethical physicians colluded with big pharma to sell their pills is obvious. Equally shameful was the government that put so many people on disability for no reason and that gave them the Medicaid insurance to be able to afford so many pills. What a cluster this was and Mr. Quinones skillfully documents who did what. Required reading as far as I'm concerned.

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    This should be required reading for every American, especially those with children. It tells the story of the heroin epidemic so beautifully, but it also tells the story of pharmaceutical advertising. I have a PhD in Molecular Biology and I have always refused to work for a large pharmaceutical company because I don't believe I'd be able to sleep at night.

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    Excellent overview of the opioid crisis. Tactics of the heroin distribution process street level across cities in America. A page turner for me. My physician recommended to me for a thrilling read.

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