Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620402504
- ISBN: 1620402505
- ISBN: 9781620402528
- ISBN: 1620402521
- ISBN: 9781620402511
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Physical Description:
xii, 368 pages : maps ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-356) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | American Dream Narcotics United States Oxycodone United States Heroin abuse United States Drug addiction United States Drug traffic Mexico |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Independence Branch | 362.293 Q7d 2015 (Text) | 33126019944945 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
An explosive true account of addiction, marketing and the making of an epidemic weaves together the story of Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, while, at the same time, a massive influx of black tar heroin took the county by storm through an almost unbreakable marking and distribution system. - Baker & Taylor
An account of addiction, marketing, and the making of an epidemic looks at the campaign to market OxyContin, while a massive influx of black tar heroin took the country by storm. - McMillan Palgrave
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.comâs 10 Best Books of 2015--Entertainment Weeklyâs 10 Best Books of 2015 --Buzzfeedâs 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2015--The Daily Beastâs Best Big Idea Books of 2015--Seattle Timesâ Best Books of 2015--Boston Globeâs Best Books of 2015--St. Louis Post-Dispatchâs Best Books of 2015--The Guardianâs The Best Book We Read All Year--Audibleâs Best Books of 2015--Texas Observerâs Five Books We Loved in 2015--Chicago Public Libraryâs 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 reporterâs 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 Pharmaâs 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 Mexicoâs 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. - McMillan Palgrave
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.