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Una mañana cualquiera, sin sirenas ni armas desenfundadas, la vida de una familia de clase media en el Medio Oeste estadounidense cambia para siempre. La guerra contra las drogas: Un cuento de viejas es un relato autobiográfico crudo, honesto y profundamente humano que expone las consecuencias reales -legales, económicas y emocionales- de la guerra contra las drogas en Estados Unidos. Cuando Christine y su esposo toman una decisión desesperada para sobrevivir financieramente, se ven arrastrados a un sistema judicial implacable que no distingue entre criminales violentos y familias comunes. A lo largo de más de dos años de procesos judiciales, confiscación de bienes, humillación pública y un programa de tribunal de drogas extraordinariamente invasivo, la autora desmonta los mitos oficiales sobre la justicia, la rehabilitación y la protección de las familias. Lo que emerge es un testimonio inquietante sobre el poder del Estado, la pérdida de derechos civiles y el alto precio que pagan los inocentes. Este libro no es una apología de las drogas ni una excusa legal. Es una historia real sobre amor, matrimonio, maternidad y supervivencia frente a un sistema que se alimenta del miedo y del castigo. Valiente, provocador y profundamente personal, este libro invita al lector a cuestionar todo lo que cree saber sobre la guerra contra las drogas.

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Fueled by homemade coffee ice cream, a lifelong love of words, and armed with strong female (and male) characters I cross genres like the Ghostbusters crossed the streams in pursuit of the question. ""What is the question?"" you ask. The question is simple. It asks, ""What would you do, if..."" What would you do if you were fifteen years old and the world as you knew it fell apart? Would you run? Would you fight? Would you survive? - Meet Jess and her brother Chris in the War's End series. What would you do if you had a chance to live your life over? Not just once, but twice? - Meet Dean Edmonds in Fate's Highway What would you do if everyone you loved was lost to a terrible virus and you faced the real possibility of the extinction of the human race in the dark void of space? - Meet Daniel Medry in G581: The Departure What would you do if hitmen were after you and you had no idea why? - Meet Lila and Shane in Hired Gun If I don't keep you turning pages late into the night, desperate to know what happens next, then I have failed at my job. I'm a Taurus and born in Missouri. That makes me bull-headed and stubborn to boot. I don't believe in failure or mistakes, only learning opportunities and clever conversation. There's not much I won't do to make you burn the midnight oil reading my words while you suffer sleep-deprivation the following day. It's my secret superpower. Born in flyover country, I've also lived in Arizona and northern California. I am an eclectic mix of snark and oddball humor. My colorful metaphors would make a fishwife blush. I'm an incompetent gardener, a dreamer and doer, in love with old houses and shooting pool, and chief organizer of all thing's household and financial. Feed me tiramisu and I'm yours forever. Find me on all major platforms by visiting Linktree: https: //linktr.ee/christinedshuck

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