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A review by sleblanc912
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.25
Wowwwww what an incredible story, I gotta say I’m much more knowledgeable about the spread of heroin in the US. I also thought it gave a great explanation on how Purdue marketed these drugs to doctors and WHY we have an opiate crisis in the first place. I obviously knew about it but never fully understood it. Also directly comparing Purdue Pharma to drug dealers was TEA but I think it’s a very valid comparison.
Two things that weren’t awesome:
1. A bunch of people on here were going over the repetition of the story, which is valid but also the repetition of PHRASING! I read multiple times how towns were “tenderized” by opiates before heroin came along and how the Xalisco Boys delivered heroin “like pizza” like come on we can come up with something new.
2. The afterward was…interesting? Citing college kids need for “trigger warnings” as a part of why we have a heroin epidemic was definitely said by someone’s boomer uncle this past Thanksgiving. But heavy agree on how modern suburbia makes it impossible for kids to build community outside. Sam kinda predicted iPad kids in that way
Two things that weren’t awesome:
1. A bunch of people on here were going over the repetition of the story, which is valid but also the repetition of PHRASING! I read multiple times how towns were “tenderized” by opiates before heroin came along and how the Xalisco Boys delivered heroin “like pizza” like come on we can come up with something new.
2. The afterward was…interesting? Citing college kids need for “trigger warnings” as a part of why we have a heroin epidemic was definitely said by someone’s boomer uncle this past Thanksgiving. But heavy agree on how modern suburbia makes it impossible for kids to build community outside. Sam kinda predicted iPad kids in that way