![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is extremely difficult to devise effective policy solutions to a problem when one does not understand its underlying causes in this case, among the leading causes of many of these pathologies are policy choices in economics, the penal system, and resource distribution. The answers to these questions are not just psychological, spiritual, and medical, but also political - very political. But while these macro-policy debates have finally become more rational and honest when it comes to data and policy outcomes, there is still far too little media attention paid to the human aspects of these debates: What are the underlying causes of addiction and why is it worsening? What is responsible for the skyrocketing rates of depression around the world and suicide in the U.S.? And why are communities ravaged by economic deprivation so vulnerable to the opioid epidemic and the pharmaceutical industry that exploits it? The drug war’s systemic failures have become so glaring and tragic that even as that war rages on globally, many of the world’s most mainstream voices now advocate what was, until very recently, regarded as fringe and radical: the legalization, or at least decriminalization, of all drugs, not just marijuana. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She had learned in time to brush instead of slap as slapping only served to pump the entire contents of the insect which was doubtlessly already burrowed into the skin with some entomological protuberance, straight into the bloodstream.” Patchett, State of Wonder “Marina brushed her hand across the back of her neck and dislodged something with a hard shell. Both use their talents for phrasing to capture the reader. ![]() ![]() Swenson) the ruthless, greedy corporation willing to destroy a way of life in the name of progress (ivory merchants in Africa pharmaceutical companies in Brazil).īoth authors use brutal realism, with Patchett offering some respite in romance, while Conrad mires in the worst of humanity. The similarities are hard to miss: the menacing jungle (Africa for Conrad, Brazil for Patchett) the main character who manipulates the ignorant natives ( Kurtz vs Dr. A local book club’s pick of Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder led me to rereading Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He formed alliances, made new enemies, and even reconnected with long-lost family, but in season two the stakes are raised with revenge on his mind.Īccording to Starz, the show will pick up with Tommy seeking vengeance for the death of his nemesis-turned-business partner Liliana. Season one of the series showed Tommy leaving his life behind in New York City (he literally faked his own death) to start a new chapter in a familiar place. "Power Book IV" - the third spinoff within the Power Universe - debuted in February 2022 and follows Sikora's gun-toting, drug-dealing Tommy Egan through his new conquests in his hometown of Chicago, where he sets his sights on becoming the biggest drug lord in the city. ![]() "I think the audience is going to love that we got back to the street and the grime and the grit of 'Power.'" ![]() |