{"product_id":"2940169779707","title":"Pill City: How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eApril 27, 2015: Mosher and Gilmore Streets, Baltimore, Maryland, Ground Zero in America¿s Pill Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear this crime-plagued corner, the death of Freddie Gray has triggered the worst domestic rioting in years¿and created a terrifying new breed of criminal entrepreneur. Here, as looters and arsonists lay waste to parts of Baltimore, two of the city¿s brightest high-school students are helping to carry out a historic drug robbery spree, one that will transform America¿s underworld, leave entire swaths of their city in ruins, and entrench them as the nation¿s youngest drug lords. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Kevin Deutsch, criminal-justice reporter for \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, chronicles the rise of two gangland upstarts as they help steal $100 million worth of high-powered opiates and build a narcotics empire from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on immersive reporting and interviews with more than 300 drug dealers, narcotics investigators, gang members, opiate addicts, and others, \u003ci\u003ePill City \u003c\/i\u003eis the first journalistic account of the riot-fueled drug robberies that brought Baltimore to its knees, unleashing a nationwide wave of addiction and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith homicide totals spiking in cities across America¿violence that stems largely from drug-related turf wars¿this book will make a valuable contribution to the national conversation about addiction, race, gangs, and policing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099773321456,"sku":"2940169779707","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169779707_p0.jpg?v=1769900016","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169779707","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}