Quinones does a fantastic job of explaining the various origins of the opioid epidemic and their convergence to create the foundation of so many problems American society faces today. This epidemic is uniquely American, and the prose makes that clear in a very subtle way--through our medical system, through our drug distribution system, and through the forces driving immigration. At moments, the story unfolds like a mystery, but the prose is always respectful of the human destruction caused by these drugs and the communities they've ravaged. Finally, this is one of the most accessible books on the origins of the epidemic in the category; written almost like a series in a newspaper (no surprise given the author's background) I have been able to put this book down for long periods and pick up without issue.
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I bought this book after I had seen it for many months at the top of the Kindle list for books written by foreign authors living in Mexico. I have a book on the list and though it's doing well, I doubt it will ever rise to the top. I was curious. This isn't subject matter I would usually choose (and I'd love to see a breakdown of how many men to women have read it.) It is the basicallly very detailed story of how drugs from Mexico get to the US and the very clever way they are sold (different from what you would think.) Meanwhile pain pills are being prescribed by more and more American doctors, mostly in the east. Many people go to different docs for presciptions and it seems they are being handed out like candy. What amazed me the most was that these two "movements"eventually meet in my boring, waspy home state of Ohio. So many young people there have died from heroin or oxycontin. For my taste the book could have used some editing, or maybe I just got weary of reading such a sad tale. Well done, though.
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