Dreamland (OBOC 2018-2019)
One Book, One College 2018-2019
Xalisco Boys
"The Heroin Road" is a three part series of articles written by Sam Quinones in 2010 for the Los Angeles Times:
- A Lethal Business Model Targets Middle AmericaFirst article in "The Heroin Road."
- Black Tar Moves in and Death FollowsSecond article in "The Heroin Road."
- The Good Life in Xalisco Can Mean Death in the United StatesThird article in "The Heroin Road."
Drug Trafficking
- Harrison Narcotics Act (1914)Imposed restrictions on the availability and consumption of opium.
- Crossing the Mississippi: How Black Tar Heroin Moved into the Eastern United StatesThis 2010 report by the Wilson Center chronicles the spread of black tar heroin across the United States (see page 95).
- Tracing the West’s Heroin HighwaysExplains the movement of heroin from cartels in Mexico through the western United States. From High Country News.
Related Books
The Pastoral ClinicDescribed as "an ethnography of place," this book chronicles the lives of heroine addicts in Espanola Valley and Chimayo, New Mexico. These places are the subject of the chapter "Smack Clans in the Sanctuary" (pp148-152).
