Dreamland
by Sam Quinones
How prescription opioids and black-tar heroin met in small-town America: pharmaceutical marketing, pill mills and a Mexican delivery system. Reported with care; essential context for the crisis.
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you want to understand how the opioid epidemic happened.
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Skip it if…
you want personal recovery guidance.
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Three things you will actually use
- Systems create epidemics.
- Marketing shaped prescribing.
- Supply met demand that was manufactured.
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Our verdict
How the crisis happened.
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