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About this book
With a combination of thorough investigative journalism, daring fieldwork, and colorful atmospheric sketches, Teun Voeten draws a very detailed and disturbing picture of a drug that is on a rapid international rise.
Methamphetamine, commonly referred to as crystal meth, is one of the most addictive drugs in the world. Heavy users can destroy themselves in just a few months. Originally given by the Nazis to their troops to fight the blitzkrieg, it has now conquered the whole world and is used at sex parties in Amsterdam and Antwerp, by former hippies in Prague, by the underclass in the slums of Harare, Cape Town, and Peshawar, by truck drivers in Thailand, and by workers in the sweatshops in Bangladesh.
Researcher Teun Voeten traveled the globe for two years to investigate all sides of this diabolic drug, exploring the bizarre history and pharmacological effects. He talked to homeless addicts in Tijuana and Los Angeles, cartels in Mexico, international drug experts in Bangkok and Kabul, and more. Voeten also interviewed numerous authorities, judges, and social workers who are trying to stop the meth epidemic.
Methamphetamine, commonly referred to as crystal meth, is one of the most addictive drugs in the world. Heavy users can destroy themselves in just a few months. Originally given by the Nazis to their troops to fight the blitzkrieg, it has now conquered the whole world and is used at sex parties in Amsterdam and Antwerp, by former hippies in Prague, by the underclass in the slums of Harare, Cape Town, and Peshawar, by truck drivers in Thailand, and by workers in the sweatshops in Bangladesh.
Researcher Teun Voeten traveled the globe for two years to investigate all sides of this diabolic drug, exploring the bizarre history and pharmacological effects. He talked to homeless addicts in Tijuana and Los Angeles, cartels in Mexico, international drug experts in Bangkok and Kabul, and more. Voeten also interviewed numerous authorities, judges, and social workers who are trying to stop the meth epidemic.
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Information
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersYear
2025eBook ISBN
9798881859459Edition
1Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Bizarre History of Meth: From State-Approved Energizer to the Underground
- Chapter 2: Tijuana: A Failed City in the Grip of Crystal Meth
- Chapter 3: Trends in Worldwide Production and Trafficking
- Chapter 4: Michoacán: The Perfect Cartel Clusterfuck
- Chapter 5: The Netherlands as a Functional Narco-State
- Chapter 6: Sinaloa: Welcome to Narco Central
- Chapter 7: Users: Trends and Patterns in Consumption
- Chapter 8: Chemsex in Amsterdam: Lust Unlimited
- Chapter 9: The Pharmacological Dimension of Crystal Meth
- Chapter 10: Prague: Meth as Rebellion
- Chapter 11: Chemistry 101: Making Meth and How Many Roads Lead to Rome
- Chapter 12: Afghanistan: Opium and Organic Meth
- Chapter 13: Demonizing Crystal Meth: Breaking Bad, Faces of Meth, and Social Constructs
- Chapter 14: Skid Row, Downtown Los Angeles: From Winos to Crackheads to Tweakers
- Chapter 15: The Golden Triangle: Crystal Meth Free Trade Zone
- Chapter 16: Shaking and Baking in Cadillac and the Strange Case of Uncle Fester
- Chapter 17: Brabant: From Smuggling Butter to Brewing Moonshine, from Weed and Ecstasy to Meth
- Chapter 18: Is Fentanyl the New Crystal Meth?: The Tentative Low of the Opioid Crisis
- Chapter 19: Are the Mexican Cartels Coming to the Netherlands?
- Chapter 20: Conclusion and Expectations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author