The least of us : true tales of America and hope in the time of fentanyl and meth
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Format
Book
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Bookmobile - Nonfiction (Adult) | 362.293 QUINONE | Shelving Cart |
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-408).
Description
Quinones was among the first to see the dangers of synthetic drugs and a new generation of kingpins whose product could be made in Magic Bullet blenders. In fentanyl, traffickers landed a painkiller a hundred times more powerful than morphine. They laced it into cocaine, meth, and counterfeit pills to cause tens of thousands of deaths-- at the same time as Mexican traffickers made methamphetamine cheaper and more potent. He investigated these new threats, discovering how addiction is exacerbated by consumer-product corporations. Amid a landscape of despair, Quinones found hope in those embracing the forgotten and ignored, illuminating the striking truth that we are only as strong as our most vulnerable. -- adapted from jacket