Dreamland the true tale of America's opiate epidemic
In fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin-- the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer than its...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Press,
2015.
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| Summary: | In fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin-- the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer than its white powder cousin-- to the veins of people across the United States. |
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| Item Description: | Featuring a Mexican town, a drug company, a letter to the editor, pain doctors, and pill mills, a true tale of drug marketing and the search for happiness in an age of excess. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 368 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-356) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781620402504 1620402505 9781620402528 1620402521 |
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