Least of UsSam Quinones
Least of Us
by Sam Quinones · first published 2022
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I found the two Sam Quinones books on the US opiate epidemic fascinating. - Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic - The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth
on “Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2023?” ↗…tends to make people euphoric and sociable, while P2P based meth tends to make people paranoid and aggressive, and in higher doses it mimics the symptoms of schizophrenia. Sam Quinones' new book "The Least of Us" goes into fascinating detail about all this. 10.) Oregon has an awful mental health system, which is way overburdened. The net effect of this is that a lot of people with behavioral problems end up…
on “Walgreens to Close 5 Stores in San Francisco, Citing ‘Organized’ Shoplifting” ↗…were not fully in control of their own decision making. They say the 'stick' helps motivate them to choose rehab instead, and it ultimately helped them out of a bad situation. Sam Quinones' book, The Least of Us, documents some of this and is well-researched.
It's not the opioids causing the tent cities, it's the new generation of meth synthesized from phenyl-2-propanone (rather than ephedrine). Check out this article[1] or Sam Quinones book "The Least of Us" [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/the-new...
on “Chinese Businesses Fueling the Fentanyl Epidemic Receive Millions in Crypto” ↗Author and journalist Sam Quinones hypotesizes in his book, The Least of Us, that a significant part of the increase in homelessness is due to a change in methamphetamine quality. Prior to about 2010, meth was manufactured in Mexico using high quality precursors. The government…
on “A cautionary tale from the streets of San Francisco” ↗…of a book about recent meth developments talks about the ban of Sudafed entirely in Mexico lead to a change in the market toward fentanyl. Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks about his book, The Least of Us, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Quinones focuses on the devastation caused by methamphetamine and fentanyl, the latest evolution of innovation in the supply of mind-altering drugs in the United States.…
on “The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's so much of it” ↗