El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin Crisis

And how legalization of marijuana in the U.S. helped. [ view in browser.   add esquire@newsletter.esquire.com to your address book ]             FOLLOW US       El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin Crisis   The phone rang. It was July 2014, and I was in a motel room in Tucumcari, New Mexico, about to step into the shower. My wife and I were two days into a cross-country drive from our home in California, and I wanted to clean up before we went to a sports bar across the parking lot to grab something to eat. Looking at the phone, I recognized the number and felt my heart drop. The woman was a close friend. Her twenty-three-year-old son had struggled with heroin addiction for several years. I knew the young man. He was smart, talented, funny—and charming when he wasn't high or jonesing. He was supposed to have called me that day to discuss getting back into school. I didn't get that call. READ MORE       Ashley Judd Is Just Getting Started   The woman who helped kick off a social revolution talks about finding the courage to speak up and why taking on the patriarchy is good for all of us. Read On         Star Wars: The Last Jedi Is Not the Movie You're Expecting   Here's our spoiler-free review. Read On         People Say Identity Politics Are Killing the Democratic Party. I Think They're Saving It.   Some thoughts after Alabama. Read On         John Early Is Comedy's Secret Weapon   In praise of the Search Party star, who has a performative gift—and the perfect Twitter handle. Read On         Black Women Defeated Roy Moore, and the Country Is Better for It   Now it's up to the Democrats to renew their focus on people of color. Read On       Unsubscribe •  Privacy Policy   esquire.com ©2017 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019