West Routt Library District

"In this book, Frank Owen traces the spread of methamphetamine - meth - from its origins as a cold and asthma remedy to the stimulant wiring every corner of American culture." "Meth is the latest "epidemic" to attract the attention of law enforcement and the media, but like cocaine and heroin, its roots are medicinal. It was first synthesized in the late nineteenth century and applied in the treatment of a wide range of ailments. By the 1940s meth...

Written for a general audience. Dr. Steven Lee, MD, a psychiatrist who specializes in crystal meth addiction, offers a complete guide to the drug, its effects, and how to overcome it. Based on extensive scientific and social research and drawing from his professional experience, he covers everything from the definition and history of crystal meth to the physical and psychological effects; from dealing with the addictive personality to helping a friend...

Reding's chronicle of a small-town crystal meth epidemic-about "the death of a way of life as much as... about the birth of a drug"-revolves around tiny Oelwein, Iowa, a 6,000-resident farming town nearly destroyed by the one-two punch of Big Agriculture modernization and skyrocketing meth production. Reding's wide cast of characters includes a family doctor, the man "in the best possible position from which to observe the meth phenomenon"; an addict...

The author details his immersion in a world of hardcore drugs, revealing the mental and physical depths of addiction, and the violent relapse one summer in California that forever changed his life, leading him down the road to recovery.

Sheff writes candidly about stints at in-patient rehab facilities, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.

God, drugs, corruption, and morality come together in this gripping tale of desperation. In Gasconade County, Missouri - once called the meth capital of the world - Deputy Sheriff Dale Banks discovers $52,000 hidden in the broken-down trailer that Jerry Dean Skaggs uses for cooking crystal. And he takes it. Banks knows what he did was wrong, but he did it for all the right reasons. At least, he thinks so. But for every wrong, there is a consequence....

Methamphetamine abuse is ravaging rural communites and spreading its poison to major metropolitan areas and across international borders at an alarming rate. What makes this drug so powerful, addictive, and destructive?

Looks at how methamphetamine use affects the user's body and relationships, discussing the problems with treating methamphetamine addiction, the impact on communities, and its creation and distribution.