Why people recommend it
Dreamland by Sam Quinones is a deeply reported true-crime and investigative journalism book that chronicles the origins of America's opioid epidemic, tracing the crisis from aggressive pharmaceutical marketing of prescription pills to the influx of cheap black tar heroin distributed by entrepreneurial networks from Mexico. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Dave Attell recommended the book to explain how the pill crisis began and how black tar heroin entered the United States from Mexico. Marc Maron praised Quinones and his journalistic work on The Book Review, noting how profoundly the book impacted him. On The Tucker Carlson Show, Steve Sailer referenced Quinones and his overarching theory regarding the evolutionary strategy of Mexican drug cartels during the contemporary era. Ann Coulter brought up the book on Timcast IRL to highlight the author's definitive work on the American opioid crisis. Additionally, Danny Strong mentioned reading Dreamland during his extensive research into the opioid epidemic, noting how the book deepened his understanding of the horrifying scale and structural roots of the crisis.
Who recommended it
- Dave Attell Recommended
- Marc Maron Discussed
- Ann Coulter Discussed
- Danny Strong Discussed
Dave Attell — 2 mentions
“there is a book called Dreamland that talks about um the pill crisis and everything”
“I mean, there's a book called Dreamland that talks about the pill crisis and everything and how it started with black tar heroin coming in from Mexico.”
Marc Maron — 1 mention
“I've read you know I like I had Sam konia with the with Dreamland which that book just blew me away and he lives by me so that was great as a journalist”
Ann Coulter — 1 mention
“and then he wrote what your audience may be more familiar with he wrote the book Dreamland about the opioid crisis in America”
Danny Strong — 1 mention
“uh i then went on and got some books that had already been written um on the opioid crisis a book called painkiller book called dreamland uh my horror grew even more”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“I mean it's the theory of a good reporter named Sam Quinones who's written a couple books on the evolution of the drug trade in this century that the Mexican cartels had a strategy that, 'No, we don't want to sell to particularly shooty people near media capitals, we'll sell to people who will overdose and die in small towns”
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Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I mean, I was uh in the middle of these books right here, the Dreamland book, which is about the opioid epidemic. I was just getting going on that and I I just kept on interviewing tuba players”
“And so I kept on doing it as I wrote Dreamland about the opioid epidemic and Oxycontton and and all that and then the least of us which was about the Mexican trafficking world and switching to fentanyl and methamphetamin and these were all very grim things.”
“Sam was last here in January of 2017 talking about opioids and heroin in his book Dreamland.”