Chasing the Scream The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs - 10th Anniversary Edition

* 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INSPIRATION FOR THE FEATURE FILM THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY ''Screamingly addictive'' STEPHEN FRY ''Superb ... Thrilling story-telling'' NAOMI KLEIN ''A powerful contribution to an urgent debate'' GUARDIAN What if everything we''ve been told about addiction is wrong? One of Johann Hari''s earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realised there was addiction in his family. Confused, he set out on a three-year, thirty-thousand mile journey to discover what really causes addiction - and how to solve it. Told through a series of gripping human stories, this book was the basis of a TED talk and animation that have been viewed more than twenty million times. It has transformed the global debate about addiction.>

About the author

Johann Hari is a writer and journalist. He has written for the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian and other newspapers. His TED talks have been viewed over 70 million times, and his work has been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky to Joe Rogan. He lives in London.

www.johannhari.com
@johannhari101

Product details

• Authors: Johann Hari, Hari Johann
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 16.01.2025
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work
• EAN: 9781526684011
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-8401-1
• Pages: 416
• Dimensions (packing): 12.8 x 19.6 x 2.6 cm
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, LAW / Drugs & the Law, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, War on Drugs, Drugs, Addiction, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Ethical issues & debates, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, Ethical issues and debates, Big Pharmaceuticals, opioid epidemic, Addicts, the united states vs billie holiday, how people become addicted, narcotics smuggling, sackler pharma, marijuana weed, heroin cocaine, crack meth, criminal crime, social harm health, purdue oxycontin, alcohol alcoholism