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Author:

Deutsch, Kevin, author.

Title:

Pill city : how two honor roll students foiled the Feds and built a drug empire / Kevin Deutsch.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xviii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Drug traffic--United States--Case studies.
Drug dealers--United States--Case studies.
Medication abuse--United States--Case studies.
Drug control--United States--Case studies.
Drug control.
Drug dealers.
Drug traffic.
Medication abuse.
United States.
Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266).

Contents:

Part I: The rising plague -- An Uber of drug dealing -- Getting paid -- The United States of addiction -- The purge -- Playing from behind -- Boulevards of pain -- Sinners -- Part II: Jimmy's world -- Supercartel -- Brother's keeper -- Expansion -- Part III: The fallen -- They changed the game -- Freelancers -- The MASH unit -- Generation pill -- The interrupters -- Going dark -- A deadly migration -- Part IV: Taking stock -- Murdertown, USA -- Sky's the limit -- Civs -- Making a stand -- Part V: New beginnings -- Clean money -- Starting fresh -- Loose ends -- Brave folks -- Trapped -- Best city in the world -- Afterword: A Marshall Plan for addiction.

Summary:

"An award-winning crime reporter describes how two high school honor-roll students used gang connections to loot pharmacies and sell narcotics through delivery drivers using location-based technology and even formed an alliance with the Mexican drug cartel headed by El Chapo,"--NoveList.

ISBN:

1250110033
9781250110039

OCLC:

(OCoLC)961423283

LCCN:

2016036712

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)