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The least of us : true tales of America and hope in the time of fentanyl and meth

Quinones, Sam, 1958-2021

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From the best-selling author of Dreamland comes a searing follow-up that explores fentanyl and the quiet yet groundbreaking steps communities are taking to end the opioid crisis nationwide.

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The least of us : true tales of America and hope in the time of fentanyl and meth / Sam Quinones.

Author:

Quinones, Sam, 1958-, author

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The least of us : true tales of America and hope in the time of fentanyl and meth

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408 pages ; 25 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-408).

Contents:

Part I. Angie and Starla I: alone ; The project I: Chicago ; Neuroscience I: "A critical point" ; Meth I: "Streets of Bakersfield" ; Janssen ; Sacklers I: "Overworked and unprepared doctors" ; Henderson ; The project II: Toluca, Mexico ; Clarksburg I: Doc OPart II. Angie and Starla II: "Like our family survived and had a baby" ; Fentanyl I: magic bullet ; Neuroscience II: "These rats weren't on heroin. they were on sugar" ; Fentanyl II: Tommy Rauh ; Fentanyl III: "Is this really happening?" ; Fentanyl IV: Gordon Jin ; Sacklers II: "A fresh start" ; Muncie I ; Muncie II ; Muncie IIIPart III. Angie and Starla III: "Who do you belong to?" ; Neuroscience III: "Built to be social" ; Fentanyl V: kingpins ; Fentanyl VI: "The intention is very deliberate" ; Sacklers III: "A dangerous concentration of risk" ; Meth II: P2P ; Meth III: ephedrine's last gasp ; Hardin County I ; Hardin County II ; Hardin County IIIPart IV. Angie and Starla IV: "We'll figure out a way" ; Neuroscience IV: "Modern skulls house a Stone-Age mind" ; Eric and Mundo I: "All of a sudden you're stuck" ; Meth IV: "Just escapes all limits" ; Kenton County I ; Meth V: "There's no way into that person" ; Kenton County II ; Sacklers IV: "The incentives were tilted" ; Kenton County IIIPart V. Angie and Starla V: "The one to make it out" ; Neuroscience V: "Craveable, mind-blowing flavor" ; Meth VI: pimps & tents ; Meth VII: colt ; Meth VIII: Rashad ; Sacklers V: "We feel absolutely terrible" ; Clarksburg II: "A meth apocalypse" ; Clarksburg III: saving the despised ; Eric and Mundo II: leave the drug, gain the world ; The least of us ; Angie and Starla VIEpilogue: Return to dreamlandVocabulary.

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9781635574357 (hbk)9781635574357 (hardback)

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362.2930973362.293

Language:

English

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America and hope in the time of fentanyl and meth

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