Dreamland, the true tale of America's opiate epidemic, Sam Quinones
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Label
Dreamland, the true tale of America's opiate epidemic, Sam Quinones
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Age: 12+
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grade 9 to 12
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Dreamland
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1079412052
Responsibility statement
Sam Quinones
Sub title
the true tale of America's opiate epidemic
Summary
"In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland. Quinones explains how the rise of the prescription drug OxyContin, a miraculous and extremely addictive painkiller pushed by pharmaceutical companies, paralleled the massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel." --, (Source of summary not specified)
Table Of Contents
The pills. Portsmouth, Ohio ; OxyContin ; Addiction ; Pill mills ; The oxy trade ; Discovery -- Heroin. Enrique ; Tienditas ; Delivered like pizza ; The man ; Columbus, Ohio ; New Mexico ; Operation tar pit -- A new dreamland. Ground zero ; Importing pills ; Black gold ; Corporate crimes ; Tidal wave ; Silence -- Responding. A new approach ; Treatment ; Untreatable pain ; Everywhere ; Changes ; Portsmouth -- Photo album -- Discussion guide -- Resources for teens
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Dream land
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Oxycodone
- Heroin abuse -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Narcotics -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Drogues + Trafic -- Mexique -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Drug traffic -- Mexico
- Instructional and educational works
- Héroïnomanie -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Adaptations
- Narcotics
- Oxycodone -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Oxycodone -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Heroin abuse
- Young adult non-fiction
- American Dream
- Young adult literature
- Matériel d'éducation et de formation
- Drug addiction
- Rêve américain
- Drug addiction -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Juvenile literature
- Toxicomanie -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Drogues -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
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- Oxycodone
- Heroin abuse -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Narcotics -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Drogues + Trafic -- Mexique -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Drug traffic -- Mexico
- Instructional and educational works
- Héroïnomanie -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Adaptations
- Narcotics
- Oxycodone -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Oxycodone -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Heroin abuse
- Young adult non-fiction
- American Dream
- Young adult literature
- Matériel d'éducation et de formation
- Drug addiction
- Rêve américain
- Drug addiction -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Juvenile literature
- Toxicomanie -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Drogues -- États-Unis -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
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