Crackdown
Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs
$43.44
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2025
Summary
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Part memoir, part manifesto, Crackdown is a story of the drug war, told from the frontlines.
Garth Mullins was born into a world too bright for him to fully see, and too unforgiving to fully accept him. Bullied by both kids and adults, who mocked his albinism and trivialized his blindness, Garth turned to activism and punk rock, seeking escape, and discovered a scene that embraced him for who he was. And yet he still couldn’t quell a haunt…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385674898 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385674899 |
| Author: | Garth Mullins |
| Publisher: | Random House Canada |
| Imprint: | Doubleday Canada |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 407g |
| Dimensions: | 219mm x 146mm |
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Finalist for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize
“Garth Mullins writes like a dream about nightmares. Instead of tired cartoon sketches of alleyways full of criminal junkies, Crackdown introduces us to a world rich in relationships, love, pain and legitimate rage at a rapacious system that has made peace with mass death. Mullins is a rare mix of fighter and artist, and we are all better for the fact that he has survived to share his extraordinary journey with us.” —Naomi Klein, internationally bestselling author of Doppelganger and This Changes Everything
“This book, like punk rock, can barely contain its power. Crackdown is an extraordinary work of unflinching courage and compassion. I couldn’t put it down.” —Ryan Knighton, author of Cockeyed
“The whole passion play of ‘public safety’ that rages across our screens is missing the main character. This book puts the drug user back in the picture—full of agency, complexity and heartbreak. Crackdown is an utterly gripping read: an electric memoir, brimming with the shock of the real, revealed.” —Avi Lewis, documentary filmmaker, journalist and former host of CBC Newsworld’s counterSpin
About The Author
Garth Mullins
Garth Mullins is a harm-reduction activist, award-winning journalist, writer, broadcaster and musician. He is an organizer with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, and executive producer and host of the award-winning podcast Crackdown. He lives in Vancouver.
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