Bibliograph

Dreamland, the true tale of America's opiate epidemic, Sam Quinones

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Dreamland, the true tale of America's opiate epidemic, Sam Quinones

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Age: 12+

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grade 9 to 12

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dreamland

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sam Quinones

Sub title

the true tale of America's opiate epidemic

Summary

In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland. Quinones explains how the rise of the prescription drug OxyContin, a miraculous and extremely addictive painkiller pushed by pharmaceutical companies, paralleled the massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel

Table Of Contents

The pills ; Portsmouth, Ohio ; OxyContin ; Addiction ; Pill mills ; The oxy trade ; Discovery ; Heroin ; Enrique ; Tienditas ; Delivered like pizza ; The man ; Columbus, Ohio ; New Mexico ; Operation tar pit ; A new dreamland. Ground zero ; Importing pills ; Black gold ; Corporate crimes ; Tidal wave ; Silence ; Responding ; A new approach ; Treatment ; Untreatable pain ; Everywhere ; Changes ; Portsmouth ; Photo album ; Discussion guide ; Resources for teens

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Dream land

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