The Resource Chasing the scream : the first and last days of the war on drugs, Johann Hari
Chasing the scream : the first and last days of the war on drugs, Johann Hari
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- Summary
- January, 2015 will mark a century of the war on drugs in the United States: one hundred years since the first arrests under the Harrison Act. Facing down this anniversary, Johann Hari was witnessing a close relative and an ex-boyfriend bottoming out on cocaine and heroin. But what was the big picture in the war on drugs? Why does it continue, when most people now think it has failed? The reporter set out on a two-year, 20,000-mile journey through the theater of this war -- to find out how it began, how it has affected people around the world, and how we can move beyond it. Chasing the Scream is fueled by dramatic personal stories of the people he meets along the way: A transsexual crack dealer in Brooklyn who wanted to know who killed her mother, and a mother in Mexico who spent years tracking her daughter's murderer across the desert. A child smuggled out of the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust who helped unlock the scientific secrets of addiction. A doctor who pushed the decriminalization in Portugal of all drugs -- from cannabis to crack. The title itself comes from a formative story of Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, sent as a boy to the pharmacy for a neighbor screaming in withdrawal -- an experience which led him to fear drugs without regard to context. Always we come back to the front lines in the U.S., where we instigated the war and exported it around the globe, but where change is also coming
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 389 pages
- Contents
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- The Black Hand
- Sunshine and weaklings
- The barrel of Harry's gun
- The bullet at the birth
- Souls of mischief
- Hard to be Harry
- Mushrooms
- State of shame
- Bart Simpson and the Angel of Juarez
- Marisela's long march
- The grieving mongoose
- Terminal city
- Batman's bad call
- The drug addicts' uprising
- Snowfall and strengthening
- The Spirit of '74
- The man in the well
- High noon
- Conclusion: If you are alone
- Isbn
- 9781408857847
- Label
- Chasing the scream : the first and last days of the war on drugs
- Title
- Chasing the scream
- Title remainder
- the first and last days of the war on drugs
- Statement of responsibility
- Johann Hari
- Subject
-
- Drug traffic
- Drug traffic -- United States -- History
- Histoire
- History
- History
- Lutte contre la drogue
- Monde
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
- Political science
- Drug control
- Social sciences
- Toxicomanie
- Trafic de drogue
- Témoignages
- United States
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Drug control -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- January, 2015 will mark a century of the war on drugs in the United States: one hundred years since the first arrests under the Harrison Act. Facing down this anniversary, Johann Hari was witnessing a close relative and an ex-boyfriend bottoming out on cocaine and heroin. But what was the big picture in the war on drugs? Why does it continue, when most people now think it has failed? The reporter set out on a two-year, 20,000-mile journey through the theater of this war -- to find out how it began, how it has affected people around the world, and how we can move beyond it. Chasing the Scream is fueled by dramatic personal stories of the people he meets along the way: A transsexual crack dealer in Brooklyn who wanted to know who killed her mother, and a mother in Mexico who spent years tracking her daughter's murderer across the desert. A child smuggled out of the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust who helped unlock the scientific secrets of addiction. A doctor who pushed the decriminalization in Portugal of all drugs -- from cannabis to crack. The title itself comes from a formative story of Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, sent as a boy to the pharmacy for a neighbor screaming in withdrawal -- an experience which led him to fear drugs without regard to context. Always we come back to the front lines in the U.S., where we instigated the war and exported it around the globe, but where change is also coming
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hari, Johann
- Dewey number
- 363.450973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV5825
- LC item number
- .H234 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Drug control
- Drug traffic
- Drug control
- Drug traffic
- United States
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
- Lutte contre la drogue
- Toxicomanie
- Trafic de drogue
- Histoire
- Témoignages
- Monde
- Label
- Chasing the scream : the first and last days of the war on drugs, Johann Hari
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-373) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Black Hand -- Sunshine and weaklings -- The barrel of Harry's gun -- The bullet at the birth -- Souls of mischief -- Hard to be Harry -- Mushrooms -- State of shame -- Bart Simpson and the Angel of Juarez -- Marisela's long march -- The grieving mongoose -- Terminal city -- Batman's bad call -- The drug addicts' uprising -- Snowfall and strengthening -- The Spirit of '74 -- The man in the well -- High noon -- Conclusion: If you are alone
- Control code
- ocn881418255
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 389 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408857847
- Lccn
- 2014021633
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781620408902
- (OCoLC)881418255
- Label
- Chasing the scream : the first and last days of the war on drugs, Johann Hari
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-373) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Black Hand -- Sunshine and weaklings -- The barrel of Harry's gun -- The bullet at the birth -- Souls of mischief -- Hard to be Harry -- Mushrooms -- State of shame -- Bart Simpson and the Angel of Juarez -- Marisela's long march -- The grieving mongoose -- Terminal city -- Batman's bad call -- The drug addicts' uprising -- Snowfall and strengthening -- The Spirit of '74 -- The man in the well -- High noon -- Conclusion: If you are alone
- Control code
- ocn881418255
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 389 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408857847
- Lccn
- 2014021633
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781620408902
- (OCoLC)881418255
Subject
- Drug traffic
- Drug traffic -- United States -- History
- Histoire
- History
- History
- Lutte contre la drogue
- Monde
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
- Political science
- Drug control
- Social sciences
- Toxicomanie
- Trafic de drogue
- Témoignages
- United States
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Drug control -- United States -- History
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