Shooting Up Heroin: Australia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Australia's heroin crisis has long been one of the nation's most explosive and politically charged public health disasters, and Shooting Up Heroin: Australia by Simon Davies chronicles the full, unflinching story of how the drug took hold of the continent's cities, communities, and institutions. Davies presents a gripping investigative account of the heroin epidemic that swept through Australian society, tracing the trafficking networks, the policy failures, and the human cost borne by addicts, families, and law enforcement alike. A work of serious social journalism, this urgent narrative argues that Australia's drug crisis was not merely a law-and-order problem but a systemic failure of government, healthcare, and community. Davies illustrates the tension between prohibition and harm-reduction approaches with clarity and authority, weaving personal stories into broader political and cultural analysis. For anyone seeking to understand how a nation grapples with the shadow of addiction, this account leaves a deeply unsettling — and essential — question hanging in the air: could it happen again?
Author: Simon Davies
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Australia's heroin crisis has long been one of the nation's most explosive and politically charged public health disasters, and Shooting Up Heroin: Australia by Simon Davies chronicles the full, unflinching story of how the drug took hold of the continent's cities, communities, and institutions. Davies presents a gripping investigative account of the heroin epidemic that swept through Australian society, tracing the trafficking networks, the policy failures, and the human cost borne by addicts, families, and law enforcement alike. A work of serious social journalism, this urgent narrative argues that Australia's drug crisis was not merely a law-and-order problem but a systemic failure of government, healthcare, and community. Davies illustrates the tension between prohibition and harm-reduction approaches with clarity and authority, weaving personal stories into broader political and cultural analysis. For anyone seeking to understand how a nation grapples with the shadow of addiction, this account leaves a deeply unsettling — and essential — question hanging in the air: could it happen again?