Issues & Viewpoints Book Discussion

Readers Choice: Dreamland by Sam Quinones or Dopesick by Beth MacyA facilitated and open forum discussion on the books Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones and Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy.
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In fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin—the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer than its white powder cousin—to the veins of people across the United States.

Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. (goodreads.com)