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

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

Johann Hari
$28.00
Publication Date: January 20th, 2015
Publisher:
Bloomsbury USA
ISBN:
9781620408902
Pages:
400

Description

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.

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

Praise for Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

“Superb journalism and thrilling story-telling.” —Naomi Klein

“An absolutely stunning book.” —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, creator of THE OFFICE

“A testament to Hari's skill as a writer.” —The New York Times