Reefer Madness: And Other Tales from the American Underground Audiobook

Quotes

• “Schlosser isn’t attacking the pot industry here; he’s going after the institutional hypocrisies that force it underground while leaving far more damaging practices, like the abuse of migrant workers, to fester openly. What ties Reefer Madness together is Schlosser’s passionate belief that America is deeply neurotic, a nation divided against itself into a sunny, whitewashed mainstream and a lusty, angry, deeply denied subconscious. He just might be the shrink America needs.” 

  — Lev Grossman, Time

• “At its most compelling, Reefer Madness is a great, muckraking ride. There’s no hype in Schlosser’s prose. Instead, he lets a cascade of facts make his points.” 

  — Los Angeles Times

• “Schlosser attacks this big theme with admirably thorough reporting and a refreshingly clear, no-nonsense writing style.” 

  — Washington Post

• “Schlosser hammers home his lessons by juxtaposing personal closeups of people caught in the system with a larger picture of the shadow economy. From small-time potheads crushed under the boot of federal mandatory sentencing guidelines, to the mostly nameless migrants who literally slave in the strawberry fields of California, to the scions of the secretive porn world, Schlosser’s words hit home because they are real stories of real people.” 

  — Metro Times