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Generation Oxy: From High School Wrestlers to Pain Pill Kingpins by Dodd

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ISBN
9781510723573
Book Title
Generation Oxy : from High School Wrestlers to Pain Pill Kingpins
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2017
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1 in
Author
Matthew Cox, Douglas Dodd
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
Item Weight
17.4 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1510723579
ISBN-13
9781510723573
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235758432

Product Key Features

Book Title
Generation Oxy : from High School Wrestlers to Pain Pill Kingpins
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Matthew Cox, Douglas Dodd
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Reviews
"[Dodd's] writing is very sharp and he knows how to tell a story...clearly talented." -Richard Schapiro, reporter for GQ "Wow. What a tale." -Michael Finkel, bestselling author of True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa "[Dodd is] a very good writer. [Generation Oxy] is a compelling piece." -Jeff Tietz, reporter for Rolling Stone "An amazing story full of colorful characters." -Guy Lawson, bestselling author of Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History, " Generation Oxy is a straight-from-the-headlines story of Florida high school kids who raked in millions riding the OxyContin wave and became one of the country's largest narcotics trafficking organizations in just a few years. Their tales of excess will have you shaking your head and turning the pages." --Bruce Porter, author of Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All "It reads like a movie script: a well-liked teenager and high school wrestler makes millions of dollars selling opioids with his friends, all while remembering to mow his grandmother's lawn. His life of pills and sex turns harrowing as he faces life in federal prison." --Rebecca Morris, New York Times bestselling author of If I Can't Have You and A Killing in Amish Country (both with Gregg Olsen), and Ted and Ann--The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy "[Dodd's] writing is very sharp and he knows how to tell a story...clearly talented." --Richard Schapiro, reporter for GQ "Wow. What a tale." --Michael Finkel, bestselling author of True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa " [Generation Oxy ] is a compelling piece." --Jeff Tietz, reporter for Rolling Stone "Another compelling story of America's failed war on drugs, Generation Oxy makes it clear that the real kingpins are the executives of Big Pharma and the legislators who perpetuate this horrific fiasco." --Richard Stratton, author of Smuggler's Blues and Kingpin "Generation Oxy offers a fascinating first-person glimpse into the human tragedy of the prescription drug epidemic sweeping across the country, an unfolding saga of corporate greed, medical malpractice, and the awful logic of addiction. Doug Dodd was just a kid when he realized he could get rich dealing oxy, a decision to roll the dice on drug dealing that forever changed his life." --Guy Lawson, bestselling author of Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History "An original but classic tale of rags to riches. This story has it all--hardships, corruption, love, money, greed, and turmoil. An underprivileged kid with an entrepreneurial spirit was given an opportunity for success and he took it. A must-read." --Anthony Curcio, author of Heist and High and Amazon top-sellers, Stephen Curry: The Boy Who Never Gave Up and Lebron James: The Boy Who Became King "With drugs, cash, and teens, Generation Oxy is Scarface on spring break. Douglas Dodd's fast-paced tale of his meteoric rise from poverty to teenage drug lord pulls back the curtain on how America's opioid addiction was ignited and fueled." --Jen Antonelli, two-time Emmy-winning producer of Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen "Heart-pounding, adrenaline-rushing insight into the world of teenage gangsters dealing in prescription drugs. A roller-coaster ride of highs and lows as the kids make millions, Dodd and Cox's book is a thoroughly enjoyable if chilling read." --Tim Newark, author of Boardwalk Gangster: The Real Lucky Luciano, "[Dodd's] writing is very sharp and he knows how to tell a story...clearly talented." --Richard Schapiro, reporter for GQ "Wow. What a tale." --Michael Finkel, bestselling author of True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa "[Dodd is] a very good writer. [Generation Oxy] is a compelling piece." --Jeff Tietz, reporter for Rolling Stone "An amazing story full of colorful characters." --Guy Lawson, bestselling author of Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History
Dewey Decimal
362.293
Synopsis
The unforgettable story of Florida teenagers turned oxycodone traffickers Generation Oxy is the story of a group of friends--clean cut, all-American high school kids--who stumbled into the Sunshine State's murky underworld of illegal pill mills and corrupt doctors. This teenage criminal enterprise ultimately shipped hundreds of thousands of OxyContins and other prescription painkillers throughout the country, making millions in the process. This true crime memoir details the three-year-long rise and collapse of the Barabas Criminal Enterprise, an opiod-pill trafficking ring founded by Douglas Dodd and his best friend on the wrestling team, Lance Barabas. Raised by an alcoholic mother and surrounded by drug-abusing relatives, Dodd got involved in narcotics at an early age. Their scheme to sell the drugs he was already consuming coincided with the explosion of prescription addicts who were traveling the "Oxy Express" to Florida for easy access to the pills they dubbed "hillbilly heroin." Soon they were shipping forty thousand pills a month, with tens of thousands of dollars returning in hollowed-out teddy bears. In Generation Oxy , Dodd recounts his time as a wannabe Scarface: bottle service at clubs, an arsenal of weapons that would make Dillinger blush, narrow escapes from the law, hordes of young women, and as many pills as he could swallow. And this was all before he was legally able to drink a beer, while still living with his grandmother. The good times came to an end when the DEA closed in and the twenty-year-old Dodd faced life in federal prison., Generation Oxy is the story of a group of friends--clean cut, all-American high school kids--who stumbled into the Sunshine State's murky underworld of illegal pill mills and corrupt doctors. This teenage criminal enterprise ultimately shipped hundreds of thousands of OxyContins and other prescription painkillers throughout the country, making millions in the process. This true crime memoir details the three-year-long rise and collapse of the Barabas Criminal Enterprise, an opiod-pill trafficking ring founded by Douglas Dodd and his best friend on the wrestling team, Lance Barabas. Raised by an alcoholic mother and surrounded by drug-abusing relatives, Dodd got involved in narcotics at an early age. Their scheme to sell the drugs he was already consuming coincided with the explosion of prescription addicts who were traveling the "Oxy Express" to Florida for easy access to the pills they dubbed "hillbilly heroin." Soon they were shipping forty thousand pills a month, with tens of thousands of dollars returning in hollowed-out teddy bears. In Generation Oxy, Dodd recounts his time as a wannabe Scarface: bottle-service at clubs, an arsenal of weapons that would make Dillinger blush, narrow escapes from the law, hordes of young women, and as many pills as he could swallow. And this was all before he was legally able to drink a beer, while still living with his grandmother. The good times came to an end when the DEA closed in and the twenty-year-old Dodd faced life in federal prison., The unforgettable story of Florida teenagers turned oxycodone traffickers Generation Oxy is the story of a group of friends--clean cut, all-American high school kids--who stumbled into the Sunshine State's murky underworld of illegal pill mills and corrupt doctors. This teenage criminal enterprise ultimately shipped hundreds of thousands of OxyContins and other prescription painkillers throughout the country, making millions in the process. This true crime memoir details the three-year-long rise and collapse of the Barabas Criminal Enterprise, an opiod-pill trafficking ring founded by Douglas Dodd and his best friend on the wrestling team, Lance Barabas. Raised by an alcoholic mother and surrounded by drug-abusing relatives, Dodd got involved in narcotics at an early age. Their scheme to sell the drugs he was already consuming coincided with the explosion of prescription addicts who were traveling the "Oxy Express" to Florida for easy access to the pills they dubbed "hillbilly heroin." Soon they were shipping forty thousand pills a month, with tens of thousands of dollars returning in hollowed-out teddy bears. , Dodd recounts his time as a wannabe Scarface: bottle service at clubs, an arsenal of weapons that would make Dillinger blush, narrow escapes from the law, hordes of young women, and as many pills as he could swallow. And this was all before he was legally able to drink a beer, while still living with his grandmother. The good times came to an end when the DEA closed in and the twenty-year-old Dodd faced life in federal prison.

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  • by spalicious365
    Jun 21, 2021

    Great Book

    I love true crime books that have a more personal appeal to them. These were somewhat disadvantaged young adults finding an entrepreneurial spirit in the drug world. They were beyond their years in the knowledge that it took to be kingpins. Such a good book and I’m only half finished.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: worldofbooksinc

  • by glendawpb
    Jul 22, 2019

    A must read

    A true page turner. Very intriguing. These young men could have been very successful had they focused their energy on a lawful, legitimate business.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: waddlebooks

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