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Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Investigates the meth rampage in America: the appalling impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficult of controlling an essential ingredient in meth - ephedrine and pseudoephedrine - sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies.
Author
Language
English
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Description
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-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...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's long been known that German soldiers used methamphetamine called Pervitin in the Second World War. But have tales of Nazis on speed obscured the other side of the story: the massive use of stimulants by British and American troops? Did total war unleash the world's first pharmacological arms race? Historian James Holland quests to dig deeper and unearth the truth behind the war.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Apple Best Books of 2021
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal * Shortlisted for the Zocalo Book Prize
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dreamland, a searing follow-up that explores the terrifying next stages of the opioid epidemic and the quiet yet ardent stories of community repair.
Sam Quinones traveled from Mexico to main streets across the U.S. to create Dreamland, a groundbreaking...
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal * Shortlisted for the Zocalo Book Prize
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dreamland, a searing follow-up that explores the terrifying next stages of the opioid epidemic and the quiet yet ardent stories of community repair.
Sam Quinones traveled from Mexico to main streets across the U.S. to create Dreamland, a groundbreaking...
11) Out of reach
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, sixteen-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, eighteen-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There are moments when I suddenly realize that I'm a nice boy from Iowa who is entirely comfortable sitting in a room of freaks."
So begins Patrick Moore's unforgettable account of life as a crystal meth addict-a "tweaker." Like a wild ride down Alice's rabbit hole with a guide who is darkly funny and heartbreakingly honest, Tweaked chronicles a twenty-year trip that stretches from Moore's lonely childhood in Iowa with his grandmother, Zelma-an...
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Students get an in-depth look at the effects stimulants have on the body, while examining the deadly consequences of methamphetamine use. Physical dependence and tolerance are discussed along with harsh facts about withdrawal and the long-term effects of drug use. First-person accounts from young addicts and leading experts supplement the film's material.
Author
Series
Holland family saga volume 5
Language
English
Description
"Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honor her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in plain sight. Aaron's only ally is state police officer Ruby Spotted...
17) Crank
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceano
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
Kristina is a perfect student and daughter until she tries crank and her wild alter ego Bree is awakened.
18) Rich waters
Author
Series
Jason Rich volume Book 2
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Lawyer Jason Rich is anxious to leave his checkered past behind. But when a former high school football star stands accused of killing a police officer, Jason is unwillingly thrust into the chaos.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"It all ends with a bang! In the final episodes, Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul bring the saga of Breaking Bad to a bloody conclusion in their roles as meth kingpin, Walter White and his guilt-ridden partner, Jesse Pinkman. As each tries to get clear of the wreckage they left behind in the meth world, DEA agent Hank Schrader's obsessive pursuit of "Heisenberg" gains steam, leading up to a shattering finale that will leave no one in Walt's...
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