Why Midwestern Small Towns Have Been Ravaged by Meth Addiction

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	Why Midwestern Small Towns Have Been Ravaged by Meth Addiction

sincitykitty

8-1-2009 10:40 PM

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Inspired by a paranoid hallucination involving black helicopters, pours the hazardous chemicals comprising his home meth lab down the drain and then lights a cigarette, inadvertently blowing up his house and melting off most of his face.

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			Nick Reding's book "Methland" argues that the shocking rates of meth addiction in the US heartland are in many ways a product of globalization.
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