—The criss-crossing of opiates and black tar heroin throughout the United States, and the havoc it wreaks—
The Non-fiction Feature
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
Author: Sam Quinones
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 400 | 2016
Yes, the fact was that, coincidentally or not, this change of heart was happening among conservatives just as opiate addiction was spreading among both rural and middle-class white kids across the country…Many of their constituents were no longer so enamored with that ‘tough on crime’ talk now that it was their kids who were involved.
The Memoir Spot
A Story of White Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy
by Eilene Zimmerman
“Everything suddenly makes sense. And no sense. Peter was a drug addict. Of course Peter was a drug addict. The whole country is in the throes of an opioid crisis, and he had all the symptoms…No wonder he was acting the way he was: illogical, undependable, nonsensical, dangerous…What an idiot I am. How clueless and naive and racist and classist.”
The Product Spot
Last Week Tonight – Harm Reduction episode
John Oliver discusses why overdoses in the U.S. have been increasing and what should and shouldn’t be done to prevent them.