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: A teenager in Mexico who became a prolific killer for the Zeta Cartel. His story shows how the illegal market turns desperate young people into "monsters" through a culture of terror.

: Even after her release, Anslinger continued to pursue her. When Holiday was eventually hospitalized, dying of liver and heart failure, Anslinger's agents handcuffed her to her hospital bed and arrested her for drug possession after allegedly planting heroin on her. She died while under arrest in that hospital bed at only 44 years old. Other Key Stories from Tras el grito Tras el grito - Johann Hari.epub

: Immediately after her performance, Harry Anslinger —the head of the newly formed Federal Bureau of Narcotics—sent a message to Holiday: stop singing that song . : A teenager in Mexico who became a

: Hari highlights the work of scientist Bruce Alexander, who discovered that rats in a "happy" cage with friends and toys shunned drug-laced water , while isolated rats in bare cages became addicted. This led to Hari's famous conclusion that "the opposite of addiction is not sobriety; it's connection". When Holiday was eventually hospitalized, dying of liver

: The story of how Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, choosing to spend money on housing and jobs for addicts instead of prison—a move that saw addiction and overdose rates plummet.

: Holiday, who had suffered extreme childhood trauma (including being forced into prostitution at age ten) and used heroin to "stun her grief," refused to be silenced.

The book uses several other narratives to illustrate how the prohibition of drugs creates violence and deeper addiction: