Chronicle Magazine Review: The Baffler, No. 74, Altered States Our first-ever magazine review. This smart and scrappy rag has earned it.
Chronicle Book Review: Smoke and Ashes Amitav Ghosh creates a rich, provocative, and eye-opening portrait of the rise of the opium trade.
Chronicle Book Review: The Suburban Crisis Trying to deal with car culture kids in the post-World War II Los Angeles suburbs laid the groundwork for the war on drugs.
Chronicle Mini-Book Mini-Review: A Weed Grows in Boston Once upon a time, marijuana was illegal in Massachusetts...
Chronicle Book Review: Quick Fixes A witty polemic on how we must solve capitalism if we want to solve our drug and drug war problems.
silver-bullet-release.jpg Chronicle Book Review: The Silver Bullet Solution Jim Gierach is a former Cook County, Illinois, prosecutor, occasional failed political candidate, and longtime fighter in the trenches taking on the war on drugs. He makes no bones about what he thinks need to happen.
bros.jpg Chronicle Book Review: Among the Bros -- A Fraternity Crime Story When privileged youth meet Xanax, watch out!
Chronicle Book Review: Whiteout How the face of opioid addiction in America turned white, and what that means.