Righteous Dopefiend
Recommended by Karl T. Muth, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #71 in Anthropology
This powerful work of gonzo journalism, predating the widespread acknowledgement of the opioid epidemic as such, immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug and alcohol abuse in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg followed a social network of two dozen heroin injectors and crack smokers in the San Francisco drug scene, accompanying them as they scrambled to generate income through burglary, larceny, panhandling, recycling, and day labor. Righteous Dopefiend interweaves stunning black-and-white photography with vivid... more
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Karl T. Muth @Dannyhbrown @womenofcrypto If you're curious how it got this bad, or what it was like while it was becoming this bad, I suggest the definitive ethnographic study on drug use and homelessness in SF, Righteous Dopefiend. It is a fantastic, though depressing, book. (Source)
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