Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Contributor(s): Quinones, Sam (Author), Hellegers, Neil (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1511336404 ISBN-13: 9781511336406 Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance
Binding Type: MP3 CD - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2016 * Out of Print * |
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BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Organized Crime - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
Dewey: 362.293 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.3" W x 6.7" L (0.18 lbs) |
Features: Price on Product, Unabridged |
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Publisher Description: 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--and 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 towns and midsized 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Quinones, Sam: - Sam Quinones is a journalist, author, and storyteller whose two acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction about Mexico and Mexican immigration--True Tales from Another Mexico and Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream--have made him, according to the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, "the most original writer on Mexico and the border." He writes True Tales: A Reporter's Blog and edits Tell Your True Tale, a storytelling page. He lives in Southern California. Contact him at www.samquinones.com. |
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