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"[A] wide-ranging, fascinating romp through the history of America's insatiable appetite for all manner of drugs, from opium to crystal meth, all the way up to the possibly soon-to-be-illegal hallucinogen Salvia divinorum. ...an expansive knowledge of the politics and history of drugs; ...his book is a history of drug use, but it's also a history of America unlike any you've likely seen."
-Isaiah Thompson, Philadelphia City Paper
"Grim waded through a staggering amount of research, ranging from government statistics on drug use in America to the impact of the North America Free Trade Act on the drug trade between the U.S. and Mexico, presents his results in a way that is informative, yet neither strident nor didactic. His reporter's instinct keeps the book from becoming mired in either partisan or policy arguments. He sticks to facts that show how our country's relationship with drugs is frequently adversarial, and frequently motivated by passion rather than evidence..."
-Gerry Donaghy, Powells.com