Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs - Hardcover

Hari, Johann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1620408902 ISBN 13: 9781620408902

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, 2015

Synopsis

The New York Times Bestseller
The Book Behind the Viral TED Talk

For the first time, the startling full story of the disastrous war on drugs--propelled by moving human stories, revolutionary insight into addiction, and fearless international reporting.

What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not be able to. As he grew older, he realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, unable to know what to do, he set out on a three-year, 30,000-mile journey to discover what really causes addiction--and what really solves it.

He uncovered a range of remarkable human stories--of how the war on drugs began with Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer, being stalked and killed by a racist policeman; of the scientist who discovered the surprising key to addiction; and of the countries that ended their war on drugs--with extraordinary results.

His discoveries led him to give a TED talk and animation which have now been viewed more than 25 million times. This is the story of a life-changing journey that showed the world the opposite of addiction is connection.

About this title

Review:

"Superb journalism and thrilling story-telling." - Naomi Klein

"An absolutely stunning book. It will blow people away." - Elton John

"A terrific book." - Bill Maher

"A wonderful book . . . I hope everyone will read it." - Sam Harris

"Wonderful. I couldn't put it down." - Noam Chomsky

"Amazing and bracing and smart. It's really revolutionary." - Dan Savage

"One of the world's most important and most enlightening thinkers and social critics." - Glenn Greenwald, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

"Incredibly insightful and provocative." - B.J. Novak, writer for THE OFFICE

"A testament to Hari's skill as a writer." - The New York Times

Book Description:

This shocking account of the War on Drugs and the alternatives to it is 'superb journalism and thrilling story-telling' - Naomi Klein, author of No Logo

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1620408902
• ISBN 13: 9781620408902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400