Description
Book SynopsisPresents an insider's view of the world of methamphetamine based on the life stories of thirty-three adults formerly immersed in using, dealing, and manufacturing meth in rural Oklahoma. This title includes stories that reveal how and why people with limited economic means and inadequate resources become entrapped in the drug epidemic.
Trade Review"A captivating read, valuable to students, researchers, and policymakers who will come to see why simple, reactive solutions to methamphetamine’s hold will never suffice. Shukla gives us fair warning." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *
“Shukla has succeeded in rendering palpable the initial attraction and subsequent misery so often associated with addiction.”
* Political and Legal Anthropology Review *
Table of ContentsForeword by Marcus Felson
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
1 An Introduction to Darkness
2 Pathways to Methamphetamine
3 Loving Meth
4 Dealing Meth
5 Manufacturing Meth
6 An Intoxicating Life
7 A Risky Life
8 A Dark Life
9 Life after Meth
10 The Journey Ends?
Appendix A: Methamphetamine Laboratory Indicators
Notes
References
Index
