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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
Great book that chronicles the growing opioid epidemic. It shows how the cartels targeted which American cities to set up show and the system the cartels used to deliver drugs. As a result of the book our advocacy group brought Sam Quinones to speak in our state.
This is a well told story about something that is affecting almost half the states in this country. The author breaks it down and looks at how heroin, which for years was viewed as the harshest, seediest drug, became a leading cause of death for young people in rural America. Sometimes books with short chapters that jump around have a hard time finding a good flow, but it suits this book well.
Definitely could have used some editing, but exhaustively researched and heartbreaking.
Great read, even if you don't know much about the topic going in. The author repeats himself a bit, but it wasn't a big deal.
Fascinating book!! It was not a quick read, but it was an important read. I have too much to say about it to even start here...
An absolute must-read if you want to understand the current opioid crisis in this country. Frightening and heartbreaking at the same time. Well-written, reads like a novel, but it is all too true, unfortunately.
Fantastic book, so clear and so interesting. Great narrative structure. The opiate epidemic has been so very devastating, and this book does a great job explaining some of the key reasons and consequences.
I read this book because I'm studying the Opipid crisis for a paper. I live in Columbus, Ohio and everyone has recommended this book to me for years, and now I know why. There was a lot of interesting, complex storytelling in this book that I enjoyed. It's a good history of Opioids in the United States, especially in Ohio. However, as a person with a disability who's dealt with pain their whole life, there were times when I felt very off put by some of the rhetoric. I didn't feel that this book took serious patient narratives and disability into consideration, and felt like the author was very biast in his feelings about Opioids. He made very blatant connections between Mexican immigrants and drug cartels that seemed potentially harmful. The way that Black and disabled people were written about in this book was also harmful at times. I'm not sure I would recommend it in the current political environment.
Fantastic in-depth overview of the opioid/heroin epidemic from viewpoint of victims/addicts, medical community/drug industry and law enforcement. Will you give compassion for people and families suffering from addiction, often thrust upon communities. Recommend.
I didn't know much about this, I liked the narrative style the author uses and while I probably didn't retain specific facts, dates and names I definitely learned a lot about the opiate pill mills and the black tar drug trafficking.