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Dreamland
by Sam Quinones • 2015
How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.
4.23
32k+
Dreamland Summary
Dreamland 90%
How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.
by Sam Quinones 2015
4.23
32k+ ratings
Pharma
by Gerald Posner • 2020
From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.
4.19
816
Pharma Summary
Pharma 89%
From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.
by Gerald Posner 2020
4.19
816 ratings
When Crack Was King
by Donovan X. Ramsey • 2023
The crack epidemic was built on two myths, a 100-to-1 law, and government complicity.
4.34
7k+
When Crack Was King Summary
When Crack Was King 89%
The crack epidemic was built on two myths, a 100-to-1 law, and government complicity.
by Donovan X. Ramsey 2023
4.34
7k+ ratings
Drug Dealer, MD
by Anna Lembke • 2016
How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.
4.00
1k+
Drug Dealer, MD Summary
Drug Dealer, MD 89%
How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.
by Anna Lembke 2016
4.00
1k+ ratings
Canary in the Coal Mine
by William Cooke • 2021
When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.
3.92
728
Canary in the Coal Mine Summary
Canary in the Coal Mine 89%
When HIV tore through an Indiana town, one doctor fought for syringes, compassion, and the truth.
by William Cooke 2021
3.92
728 ratings
The Fort Bragg Cartel
by Seth Harp • 2025
America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.
4.05
11k+
The Fort Bragg Cartel Summary
The Fort Bragg Cartel 89%
America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.
by Seth Harp 2025
4.05
11k+ ratings
Chasing the Scream
by Johann Hari • 2015
Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.
4.50
22k+
Chasing the Scream Summary
Chasing the Scream 89%
Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.
by Johann Hari 2015
4.50
22k+ ratings
San Fransicko
by Michael Shellenberger • 2021
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
4.01
4k+
San Fransicko Summary
San Fransicko 88%
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
by Michael Shellenberger 2021
4.01
4k+ ratings
No More Tears
by Gardiner Harris • 2025
Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.
4.17
22k+
No More Tears Summary
No More Tears 88%
Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.
by Gardiner Harris 2025
4.17
22k+ ratings
Empire of Pain
by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2021
How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.
4.54
140k+
Empire of Pain Summary
Empire of Pain 88%
How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.
by Patrick Radden Keefe 2021
4.54
140k+ ratings
Drug Use for Grown-Ups
by Carl L. Hart • 2021
Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.
4.01
5k+
Drug Use for Grown-Ups Summary
Drug Use for Grown-Ups 88%
Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.
by Carl L. Hart 2021
4.01
5k+ ratings
Wilful Blindness
by Sam Cooper • 2021
How narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents turned a Canadian casino into a global money-laundering machine.
4.15
552
Wilful Blindness Summary
Wilful Blindness 88%
How narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents turned a Canadian casino into a global money-laundering machine.
by Sam Cooper 2021
4.15
552 ratings
Rough Sleepers
by Tracy Kidder • 2023
The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.
4.34
11k+
Rough Sleepers Summary
Rough Sleepers 87%
The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.
by Tracy Kidder 2023
4.34
11k+ ratings
Dark Alliance
by Gary Webb • 1998
The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.
4.30
2k+
Dark Alliance Summary
Dark Alliance 87%
The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.
by Gary Webb 1998
4.30
2k+ ratings
The Cannabis Manifesto
by Steve DeAngelo • 2015
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
4.10
367
The Cannabis Manifesto Summary
The Cannabis Manifesto 87%
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
by Steve DeAngelo 2015
4.10
367 ratings
Blood Money
by Peter Schweizer • 2024
China attacks with fentanyl, gun switches, TikTok. The silence from Washington is bought.
4.36
1k+
Blood Money Summary
Blood Money 87%
China attacks with fentanyl, gun switches, TikTok. The silence from Washington is bought.
by Peter Schweizer 2024
4.36
1k+ ratings
America
by Chris Hedges • 2018
Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.
4.23
3k+
America Summary
America 87%
Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.
by Chris Hedges 2018
4.23
3k+ ratings
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
by Anne Case • 2020
Less-educated white Americans are dying younger. The cause is not drugs or suicide; it's capitalism.
3.81
2k+
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Summary
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism 87%
Less-educated white Americans are dying younger. The cause is not drugs or suicide; it's capitalism.
by Anne Case 2020
3.81
2k+ ratings
The Lost and the Found
by Kevin Fagan • 2025
A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.
4.27
912
The Lost and the Found Summary
The Lost and the Found 87%
A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.
by Kevin Fagan 2025
4.27
912 ratings
The Dope
by Benjamin T. Smith • 2021
State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.
4.02
1k+
The Dope Summary
The Dope 87%
State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.
by Benjamin T. Smith 2021
4.02
1k+ ratings
El Narco
by Ioan Grillo • 2011
US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.
4.07
5k+
El Narco Summary
El Narco 87%
US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.
by Ioan Grillo 2011
4.07
5k+ ratings
Tell Your Children
by Alex Berenson • 2019
The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.
4.01
1k+
Tell Your Children Summary
Tell Your Children 87%
The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.
by Alex Berenson 2019
4.01
1k+ ratings
The Devil at His Elbow
by Valerie Bauerlein • 2024
Three generations of prosecutors. Two bodies at the kennels. A video that ended a century of rule.
4.46
14k+
The Devil at His Elbow Summary
The Devil at His Elbow 86%
Three generations of prosecutors. Two bodies at the kennels. A video that ended a century of rule.
by Valerie Bauerlein 2024
4.46
14k+ ratings
Amexica
by Ed Vulliamy • 2010
Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.
3.86
649
Amexica Summary
Amexica 86%
Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.
by Ed Vulliamy 2010
3.86
649 ratings
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver • 2022
Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.
4.46
828k+
Demon Copperhead Summary
Demon Copperhead 86%
Born to an addict mother, Demon navigates Appalachian foster care and the opioid epidemic.
by Barbara Kingsolver 2022
4.46
828k+ ratings
You'd Be Home Now
by Kathleen Glasgow • 2021
When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.
4.13
82k+
You'd Be Home Now Summary
You'd Be Home Now 86%
When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.
by Kathleen Glasgow 2021
4.13
82k+ ratings
Glass House
by Brian Alexander • 2017
Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.
3.91
2k+
Glass House Summary
Glass House 86%
Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.
by Brian Alexander 2017
3.91
2k+ ratings
Paper Girl
by Beth Macy • 2025
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
4.02
11k+
Paper Girl Summary
Paper Girl 86%
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
by Beth Macy 2025
4.02
11k+ ratings
Uncontrolled Spread
by Scott Gottlieb • 2021
Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.
4.06
1k+
Uncontrolled Spread Summary
Uncontrolled Spread 86%
Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.
by Scott Gottlieb 2021
4.06
1k+ ratings
Low Road
by Eddie B. Allen Jr. • 2004
Two guns, no prints, two children locked in the basement. He had written this scene before.
3.85
134
Low Road Summary
Low Road 86%
Two guns, no prints, two children locked in the basement. He had written this scene before.
by Eddie B. Allen Jr. 2004
3.85
134 ratings
The Fifth Vital
by Mike Majlak • 2020
A thousand-dollar heroin habit. A shattered ankle. A dying grandfather. Then, Logan Paul's podcast.
4.32
3k+
The Fifth Vital Summary
The Fifth Vital 86%
A thousand-dollar heroin habit. A shattered ankle. A dying grandfather. Then, Logan Paul's podcast.
by Mike Majlak 2020
4.32
3k+ ratings
Behind the Door
by Amy Price • 2023
An interior designer becomes manager of L.A.'s Cecil Hotel, where the dead outnumber the living.
3.48
1k+
Behind the Door Summary
Behind the Door 86%
An interior designer becomes manager of L.A.'s Cecil Hotel, where the dead outnumber the living.
by Amy Price 2023
3.48
1k+ ratings
Heroine
by Mindy McGinnis • 2019
A softball catcher starts OxyContin to heal. She keeps using it to hide.
4.28
14k+
Heroine Summary
Heroine 86%
A softball catcher starts OxyContin to heal. She keeps using it to hide.
by Mindy McGinnis 2019
4.28
14k+ ratings
The Urge
by Carl Erik Fisher • 2022
Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.
4.03
2k+
The Urge Summary
The Urge 86%
Addiction is an ancient divided self, stoked by industry and racial policy into a modern crisis.
by Carl Erik Fisher 2022
4.03
2k+ ratings
Glass
by Ellen Hopkins • 2007
To survive motherhood, a teen relapses, and her dangerous alter ego takes the wheel.
4.29
75k+
Glass Summary
Glass 86%
To survive motherhood, a teen relapses, and her dangerous alter ego takes the wheel.
by Ellen Hopkins 2007
4.29
75k+ ratings
High Achiever
by Tiffany Jenkins • 2017
Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.
4.20
47k+
High Achiever Summary
High Achiever 86%
Her boyfriend was the cop investigating her crime: the true story of addiction's double life.
by Tiffany Jenkins 2017
4.20
47k+ ratings
This Is Your Mind on Plants
by Michael Pollan • 2021
Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.
3.87
34k+
This Is Your Mind on Plants Summary
This Is Your Mind on Plants 86%
Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.
by Michael Pollan 2021
3.87
34k+ ratings
Too High to Fail
by Doug Fine • 2012
The trillion-dollar drug war failed. One California county's cannabis economy shows why.
3.75
259
Too High to Fail Summary
Too High to Fail 86%
The trillion-dollar drug war failed. One California county's cannabis economy shows why.
by Doug Fine 2012
3.75
259 ratings
The Price We Pay
by Marty Makary • 2019
A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.
4.45
4k+
The Price We Pay Summary
The Price We Pay 86%
A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.
by Marty Makary 2019
4.45
4k+ ratings
La Guerra De Los Zetas
by Diego Enrique Osorno • 2012
A president's personal war made military deserters the deadliest cartel and normalized mass killing.
3.88
145
La Guerra De Los Zetas Summary
La Guerra De Los Zetas 86%
A president's personal war made military deserters the deadliest cartel and normalized mass killing.
by Diego Enrique Osorno 2012
3.88
145 ratings
Psychedelic Medicine
by Richard Louis Miller • 2017
Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.
4.01
312
Psychedelic Medicine Summary
Psychedelic Medicine 86%
Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.
by Richard Louis Miller 2017
4.01
312 ratings
Midnight in Mexico
by Alfredo Corchado • 2013
A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.
3.78
2k+
Midnight in Mexico Summary
Midnight in Mexico 86%
A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.
by Alfredo Corchado 2013
3.78
2k+ ratings
The Border
by Don Winslow • 2019
A boy flees Guatemala on the death train while a DEA chief targets the cartel's fortune.
4.47
19k+
The Border Summary
The Border 86%
A boy flees Guatemala on the death train while a DEA chief targets the cartel's fortune.
by Don Winslow 2019
4.47
19k+ ratings
An Anatomy of Pain
by Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen • 2021
The brain makes pain, the body just supplies the raw material. A physician explains.
3.59
504
An Anatomy of Pain Summary
An Anatomy of Pain 86%
The brain makes pain, the body just supplies the raw material. A physician explains.
by Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen 2021
3.59
504 ratings
The Devil's Playbook
by Lauren Etter • 2021
How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.
4.14
546
The Devil's Playbook Summary
The Devil's Playbook 86%
How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.
by Lauren Etter 2021
4.14
546 ratings
I Forgot to Die
by Khalil Rafati • 2015
How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.
4.34
3k+
I Forgot to Die Summary
I Forgot to Die 86%
How a homeless heroin addict became the interventionist families call when hope runs out.
by Khalil Rafati 2015
4.34
3k+ ratings
Fear Is Just a Word
by Azam Ahmed • 2023
When the Zetas took her daughter, a mother became a detective and hunted every killer herself.
3.93
2k+
Fear Is Just a Word Summary
Fear Is Just a Word 86%
When the Zetas took her daughter, a mother became a detective and hunted every killer herself.
by Azam Ahmed 2023
3.93
2k+ ratings
The Emperor Wears No Clothes
by Jack Herer • 1992
Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.
4.46
914
The Emperor Wears No Clothes Summary
The Emperor Wears No Clothes 86%
Cannabis was outlawed not for public safety, but to protect timber, oil, and newspaper empires.
by Jack Herer 1992
4.46
914 ratings
Los señores del narco
by Anabel Hernández • 2010
Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.
4.04
2k+
Los señores del narco Summary
Los señores del narco 86%
Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.
by Anabel Hernández 2010
4.04
2k+ ratings
Health and Safety
by Emily Witt • 2024
She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.
3.49
2k+
Health and Safety Summary
Health and Safety 86%
She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.
by Emily Witt 2024
3.49
2k+ ratings
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