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    Chasing the Scream: The Inspiration for the Feature Film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
    Chasing the Scream: The Inspiration for the Feature Film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
    Chasing the Scream: The Inspiration for the Feature Film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
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    Chasing the Scream: The Inspiration for the Feature Film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

    By Johann Hari

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    The New York Times Bestseller

    What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix.

    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 realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, not knowing what to do, he set out and traveled over 30,000 miles over three years 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 own war on drugs--with extraordinary results.

    Chasing the Scream is the story of a life-changing journey that transformed the addiction debate internationally--and showed the world that the opposite of addiction is connection.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury USA
    Release dateJan 20, 2015
    ISBN9781620408926
    Chasing the Scream: The Inspiration for the Feature Film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
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    Johann Hari

    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

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    • 5/5
      An account of the war on drugs, its casualties and its solution. Anecdotal style is gripping but takes a lot of pages, it could be laid out as an essay with headings. Its not obvious from the chapter headings what they are about. But the case seems well made that the war on drugs has been as harmful as prohibition was. Eventually gets on to the idea that they are uniquely gripping, not for most people, and most get off happily enough. Various places are decriminalizing them and some legalizing them. Colorado legalized marijuana cos its less harmful than alcohol Washington because legislating against it caused too much trouble. Needs to be global consensus on this before the war can end. Well referenced and indexed.
    • 5/5
      Do you judge people who you know are using drugs? Do you think drugs are evil? Do you think the war on drugs works? Did you know that Senator Joe McCarthy, the red-baiter, was a heroin addict, and that the inventer of the war on drugs, Harry Anslinger, assured him of a legal supply to protect him? In this extremely well-researched book, you will find out that drugs and drug users are not evil, drug prohibition IS. When drugs are regulated, their growth, manufacture, sales, and the problems that drug use cause go away. After all, do street vendors ID?
    • 3/5
      3.5 that was interesting not my typical read but part of a book club and this was on the list.

      Final words Harry Anslinger Sucks!!
    • 5/5
      One of, if not the most impressive books on drugs that anyone who is concerned about substance abuse should read. Compelling stories about addicts, doctors, scientists and others invested in changing the myths about drug use and addiction. A favorite book that I will read again.

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    • 5/5
      The narrative voice of the first part of this book simply irked me, and the final few chapters are a bit redundant, but I absolutely loved everything in between.

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    • 4/5
      I will be adding this book to my small but critical list of books I will offer to any person who wants to actually understand important social issues of today. Like others on the my list, it is not without some flaws. The author gets bogged down in trying to summarize what he has already elucidated so well, and he verges into emotions over substance at the end. In addition, he starts his narrative in a questionable approach that had me, early on, looking up his past, only to find it was indeed questionable: an award-winning journalist who also had been accused of plagiarism. I found no evidence of such a crime in this volume. Moreover, he won me over to his earnest, thorough, persistent, and very personal effort to fully understand the source of the so-called "war on drugs" (imagine The Untouchables with Sheriff Joe Arpaio as Elliot Ness), where it had gone wrong and why, and -- most importantly -- how it could be won without creating a scorched earth. But, of course, reading this requires having an open mind to solutions and a high regard for facts, which leaves out half of Americans.

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    • 5/5
      My thoughts on this book: Buy it. Read it. Buy it for your family and friends. Tell them to read it. Then maybe read it again. This is an exceptional, vital, compelling, powerful read. The author's research is impeccable. His delivery is flawless. I'm not going to rehash facts or give you the highlights of the book. You'll need to read it for that information. Instead I'll tell you that I've seen addiction up close and personal. It's ugly and destructive. I don't advocate drug use, but I also know that tossing addicts in prison, destroying what is left of their lives while costing taxpayers millions of dollars a year, is not the answer. And despite decades of doing just this, drug use continues to prevail and expand. Our drug war is clearly not working. In fact, it has only caused further damage to families, to our nation, and to the world. We desperately need a rational, intelligent public conversation regarding drug use and drug laws, and reading this book is the perfect starting point.

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    • 5/5
      This book explains so much of what is wrong with the war on drugs. Its criminal how so much has gotten by the public on drug policy and corruption of it. This is a must read of all citizens with any view of the current drug policy situation in the U.S. The weaving of history and events is outstanding.

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    • 4/5
      Excellent book. Tells history of drug enforcement since the "War on Drugs" started. It documents the fact that more people die from the illegality of drugs than ever died from drugs or before drug laws. My only complaint about the book is that it doesn't go back to the beginnings of federal drug laws (The Pure Food and Drug Act). The War on Drugs has brought chaos to society - just like the 18th Amendment did. The cost in human lives of the illegalization of drugs is overwhelming.

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    • 5/5
      Wow! Read this book. Whether you agree with his conclusions or not, I can (nearly) guarantee that you will be captivated by the story/stories and drawn into a thoughtful examination of our relationship to drugs and addiction. A book which, by moving deeply and respectfully into its focus, ends up with ramifications that reach well outside of the particulars to touch all of us.

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    • 4/5
      A fascinating, revealing look at the "War on Drugs." Founded upon and now deeply rooted in racism, Hari reveals America's drug war for the appalling travesty it is, a colossal waste of resources and a punitive set of policies and laws that's destroyed millions of lives. Provocative, thoughtful, and important.

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