A conversation with reporter Sam Quinones, author of “Dreamland” and "The Least of Us,” about how the shift from plant-based to synthetic illicit drugs has supercharged both addiction and trafficking profits, and how he thinks unchecked capitalism has contributed to the expansion of an addiction economy—legal and illegal—in the world today.
"With these drugs, it's really about supply…
A conversation with reporter Sam Quinones, author of “Dreamland” and "The Least of Us,” about how the shift from plant-based to synthetic illicit drugs has supercharged both addiction and trafficking profits, and how he thinks unchecked capitalism has contributed to the expansion of an addiction economy—legal and illegal—in the world today.