Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Dreamland (YA Edition): The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones

9 reviews

lemmyjoz's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

I will start by saying that this book contains a lot of very interesting information. It aims to uncover the dual story of big pharma and Mexican heroin dealers creating an opiate epidemic in the US. There is a lot to the story and this book seems to capture it all. That said, it's very repetitive at times and could probably be shorter and still get the same message across. I am also really irked by the authors word choice, repeatedly calling people addicted to drugs "slaves" and "junkies." It made my skin crawl. This man doesn't seem to empathize with anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

fairyribs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Trafficking, Addiction, and Drug use

kelseak96's review against another edition

DNF about 150 pages in — but maybe I’ll try again someday. Not the most well-written, informative, or empathetic take on the US’ problem with drugs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

deepcurvesahead's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death

annablake's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

This book opened my eyes in so many ways about drugs and what left to the crusts we are in now. The book is comprehensive and weaves a compelling narrative through many people and towns to show how devastating and tragic the opioid crisis is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and Grief

fernweaver's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Mental illness

chandle5's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Death

grayscale08's review

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

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Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Medical content and Mental illness

Minor: Death and Racism

Because the opioid crisis is a medical problem, the author mentions some of the triggers above (racism, death, mental illness, medical content) but is not a racist, morbid, or ableist person.

jennie_white2008's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse