Screen LibraryThe least of us : true tales of America and hope in the time of fentanyl and meth /
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...
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Bloomsbury Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
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 |
| Carrier Form: | 408 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781635574357 1635574358 |
| Index Number: | RM328 |
| CLC: | R969.3-171.2 |
| Call Number: | R969.3-171.2/Q77 |