But in meantime, beth mason who appeared earlier as our guest, she will be taking your calls, most recent book, dealers, doctors and the Drug Companies that addicted america. When we talk about opioids, what exactly are we talking about, are these legally manufactured drugs . Well, opioids covers a broad spectrum. We talked about prescribed opioids, we are talking about narcotic pain killers that are fda approved and then when we talk about elicit opioids are fentanyl, overdoses more recently, fentanyl, elicit fentanyl, not manufactured fentanyl but elicit fentanyl, some of which is smuggled and some mail ordered. Host where is it manufactured . China, hong kong, fentanyl is coming in from mexico. Host how does it get through . Guest it comes across our borders, but theres a story in the book about a young man selling vanex in parking lot of community college, mailordered off the dark web and pressed into pills, thats a thing about talking to your kids about pills, the pills arent nece
Of the picture stuff, if you go to classical theres little dots, sometimes most interesting histories are written by people who look a little tinny and somehow able to imagine something and i think theres something about imagination, something about also doing the work of archival work, doing the you have to actually do all of the work and sometimes in the midst of it you discover something, its not just about what story it is but kind of why thats important and whats at stake. Well, on that Important Note [applause] but wait, theres a book signing. Buy books and read books and these are wonderful ones, so signing area, theyll answer your questions. Thank you very much. Thank you for coming. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] youre watching book tv on cspan2, live coverage of 24th annual Los Angeles Times festival of books held on the campus of the university of Southern California. One of the panelists you just saw James Donovan will be joining us a little bit later today
superstore in its fourth season. in 2016 she cofounded harness, an organization connecting storytellers and activists to amplify the narrative around social justice. now, in american like me she invites 31 of her friends, peers and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures ranging from the heart fell to the, stories shine a light on a american experience and will appeal to anyone with a complicated relationship to family, culture and growing up. jordan conversation this evening award-winning racial justice and civil rights activist season s community organizer and cochair the women s large and uzo aduba emmy award-winning the critically acclaimed netflix original series oranges but new black. during me in welcoming america ferrera. [applause]. [applause]. hello, union square. my goodness. thank you so much for being here. this is so surreal to me and truly a dream come true this is the first book event first book event i have done in my life and our first
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