Meth

by Johnson, Dirk

• ISBN13: 9781592853052
• ISBN10: 1592853056
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Hazelden

Summary

Methamphetamine has been around for decades, but the recent surge in clandestine "cooking labs" in homes, hotel rooms, and even cars has made this toxic stimulant exceptionally affordable, accessible, and even more dangerous. With staggering facts, heartbreaking stories, and up-to-the-minute information, award-winning journalist Dirk Johnson provides a harrowing look at the personal, social, and environmental destruction caused by meth use and production. Johnson tells of a young Nebraska couple who died of hypothermia because they were too strung out on meth to tell dispatchers how to locate them, a ten-year-old Indiana girl who was murdered after she accidentally happened upon a meth lab in an apartment building, a meth cook whose friends watched him burn to death rather than report the lab fire to authorities.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Chapter 1: The Magic of Meth	1	(16)
Chapter 2: "Mom and Pop" Labs: Hitting Hard in the Heartland	17	(18)
Chapter 3: "Works Just as Advertised": Women and Meth	35	(20)
Chapter 4: Nobody's in Charge but Meth	55	(16)
Chapter 5: The Poisoning of the Gay Community	71	(14)
Chapter 6: The Young Faces of Meth	85	(16)
Chapter 7: The Battle against Meth	101	(14)
Chapter 8: Bursting at the Seams: Drug Users behind Bars	115	(14)
Chapter 9: A Chance to Heal	129	(14)
References	143	(6)
Index	149	(8)
About the Author	157