BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:City of Newport Beach Calendar Creator METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20200326T152419 DTSTART:20200418T140000 DTEND:20200418T160000 SUMMARY:The Witte Lecture Series - Sam Quinones - CANCELED DESCRIPTION:
Sam Quinones
Dreamland - Opioids in America: Past, Present, and Future
Saturday, April 18, 2:00pm
Sam Quinones’ book Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic (2015) won a National Book Critics Circle Award and was on a dozen Best Book of the Year lists. Why? The book struck a common chord. Quinones is a masterful storyteller and sought-after speaker who shares how the silent tragedy has impacted communities and families coast to coast. And what a tale . . . Dreamland is riveting. Quinones recounts how a pharmaceutical corporation promoted its legal opiate prescription painkiller as non-addictive and the rise of international drug trafficking. The collision of these two forces has led America into the deadliest drug scourge in modern times. Dreamland is now being adapted for a young adult audience, grades 8-12.
Lecture Details
For a full list of The Witte Lectures Series 2020: https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/The-Witte-Lectures.html
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Dreamland - Opioids in America: Past, Present, and Future
Saturday, April 18, 2:00pm
Sam Quinones’ book Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic (2015) won a National Book Critics Circle Award and was on a dozen Best Book of the Year lists. Why? The book struck a common chord. Quinones is a masterful storyteller and sought-after speaker who shares how the silent tragedy has impacted communities and families coast to coast. And what a tale . . . Dreamland is riveting. Quinones recounts how a pharmaceutical corporation promoted its legal opiate prescription painkiller as non-addictive and the rise of international drug trafficking. The collision of these two forces has led America into the deadliest drug scourge in modern times. Dreamland is now being adapted for a young adult audience, grades 8-12.
Lecture Details
For a full list of The Witte Lectures Series 2020: https://www.nbplfoundation.org/content/The-Witte-Lectures.html
LOCATION:Newport Beach Central Library\, Friends Meeting Room\, 1000 Avocado Avenue Newport Beach\, California 92660 CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR