What is Reddit's opinion of Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic?

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A big difference between Oxy and Vicodin is that Vic is harder to abuse because it contains Tylenol (acetominophen), and taking too much causes liver damage. Still addictive- it's an opiate- but Oxy is straight hydrocodone. Snortable, injectable, and for a long time, available in very high doses (up to 160mg pills).

Currently reading a great book on the subject: Dreamland. It details the rise of Oxy epidemic with the concurrent introduction of Mexican black tar heroin. Terrifically written, too.

Currently reading a great book on the subject: Dreamland. It details the rise of Oxy epidemic with the concurrent introduction of Mexican black tar heroin. Terrifically written, too. Reads like a novel. Highly recommended.

Heartbreaking read, right here:

http://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-True-Americas-Opiate-Epidemic/dp/1620402505/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455302574&sr=8-1&keywords=dreamland

The extent to which doctors were pressured to aggresively treat pain, with painkillers that bad data, badly interpreted, were alleged to carry "a less than 1% risk of addiction."

For anyone interested in the subject but too lazy to read a book (Dreamland is excellent), listen to the 2-part Dollop series on Opium in the US (1 and 2). This issue represents the prototypical intersection of capitalist greed and human frailty. It was not an accident.

Dreamland by Sam Quinones is a pretty good book on the topic, for those interested.

Yep! We're looking at that, too. We were really inspired by this book which focuses on the Ohio River Valley a lot.

But Broward County is definitely on our radar.