Book Summary · 21 min
Dreamland
By Sam Quinones
This episode reveals how the opioid crisis wasn't a sudden disaster, but a slow, systemic unraveling of American communities, driven by a confluence of pharmaceutical ambition, economic desperation, and relentless drug trafficking.
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What it is about
Opioid Crisis, Public Health, American Communities, Drug Trafficking
Who it is for
If you've ever wondered how a public health crisis could quietly devastate so many American towns, this will illuminate the complex forces that allowed it to take root, and this will help you see what to do next.
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Sam Quinones, an award-winning investigative journalist, spent years embedded in communities across America, meticulously tracing the interconnected paths of pharmaceutical marketing, economic decline, and the rise of black tar heroin.
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