05538cam a2200937 i 4500 336259255 TxAuBib 20180102120000.0 170622t20162015||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016435099 2016435099 2016435099 9781620402528 1620402521 9781620402504 1620402505 TxAuBib rda eng eng eng Quinones, Sam, 1958- Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic / Sam Quinones. Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic. Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic. Dream land : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic. Dream land : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic. Dream land : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic. Paperback edition. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2016. ©2015. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2016. ©2015. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2016. ©2015. x, 374 pages : maps ; 22 cm. x, 374 pages : maps ; 22 cm. x, 374 pages : maps ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index. "With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two tales of capitalism catastrophically run amok. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive--extremely addictive--miracle painkiller. Meanwhile, a massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel--assaulted small towns and midsize cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico"--Back cover. "With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two tales of capitalism catastrophically run amok. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive--extremely addictive--miracle painkiller. Meanwhile, a massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel--assaulted small towns and midsize cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico"--Back cover. "With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two tales of capitalism catastrophically run amok. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive--extremely addictive--miracle painkiller. Meanwhile, a massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel--assaulted small towns and midsize cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico"--Back cover. 20180102. National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2015. National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2015. National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2015. Drug traffic Mexico. Drug traffic Mexico. Drug traffic Mexico. Drug addiction United States. Drug addiction United States. Drug addiction United States. Heroin abuse United States. Heroin abuse United States. Heroin abuse United States. Oxycodone United States. Oxycodone United States. Oxycodone United States. Narcotics United States. Narcotics United States. Narcotics United States. American Dream. American Dream. Drug addiction. Drug traffic. Heroin abuse. Narcotics. Oxycodone. Mexico. United States. Quinones, Sam, 1958- Quinones, Sam, 1958-