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"The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth" by Sam Quinones

By Joe Donahue
Published January 19, 2023 at 11:10 AM EST
Bloomsbury Publishing

Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author of four acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction, including New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic."

His new book is "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth." Quinones hit the road to investigate these new threats, discovering how addiction is exacerbated by consumer-product corporations.

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