false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173725992m/318031.jpg 318031 2 <div><div> Hells Angels and fallen televangelist Ted Haggard. Cross-country truckers and suburban mothers. Trailer parks, gay sex clubs, college campuses, and military battlefields. In this fascinating book, Frank Owen traces the spread of methamphetamine&#8212;meth&#8212;from its origins as a cold and asthma remedy to the stimulant wiring every corner of American culture. <br><br><br><br> Meth is the latest &#8220;epidemic&#8221; 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 treatment of a wide range of ailments; by the 1940s meth had become a wonder drug, used to treat depression, hyperactivity, obesity, epilepsy, and addictions to other drugs and alcohol. Allied, Nazi, and Japanese soldiers used it throughout World War II, and the returning waves of veterans drove demand for meth into the burgeoning postwar suburbs, where it became the &#8220;mother&#8217;s helper&#8221; for a bored and lonely generation.<br><br><br><br> But meth truly exploded in the 1960s and &#8217;70s, when biker gang cooks using burners, beakers, and plastic tubes brought their expertise from California to the Ozarks, the Southwest, and other remote rural areas where the drug could be manufactured in kitchen labs. Since then, meth has been the target of billions of dollars in federal, state, and local anti-drug wars. Murders, violent assaults, thefts, fires, premature births, and AIDS&#8212;rises in all of these have been blamed on the drug that crosses classes and subcultures like no other.<br><br><br><br> Acclaimed journalist Frank Owen follows the users, cooks, dealers, and law enforcers to uncover a dramatic story being played out in cities, small towns, and farm communities across America. <i>No Speed Limit</i> is a panoramic, high-octane investigation by a journalist who knows firsthand the powerful highs and frightening lows of meth.<br><br></div></div> 308821 2007 No Speed Limit: The Highs and Lows of Meth total:90|5:9|4:38|3:34|2:6|1:3| 90 314 132 33 2 2 false false Fri Nov 14 09:44:21 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 22 15:54:28 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 09:44:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 10:43:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 07:09:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 05:31:18 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 05:38:12 -0700 2007 Salon.com and decided to order it and another book on meth addiction at the same time, and managed to read both this weekend sick in bed. There's nothing like reading about the highs and lows of drug addiction to combat the snotty feeling associated with a head cold.
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