The Devil's Drug
The Global Emergence of Crystal Meth- Autor:innen:
- Verlag:
- 2025
Zusammenfassung
With a combination of thorough investigative journalism, daring fieldwork, and colorful atmospheric sketches, Teun Voeten draws a very detailed and disturbing picture of a drug that is on a rapid international rise.
Methamphetamine, commonly referred to as crystal meth, is one of the most addictive drugs in the world. Heavy users can destroy themselves in just a few months. Originally given by the Nazis to their troops to fight the blitzkrieg, it has now conquered the whole world and is used at sex parties in Amsterdam and Antwerp, by former hippies in Prague, by the underclass in the slums of Harare, Cape Town, and Peshawar, by truck drivers in Thailand, and by workers in the sweatshops in Bangladesh.
Researcher Teun Voeten traveled the globe for two years to investigate all sides of this diabolic drug, exploring the bizarre history and pharmacological effects. He talked to homeless addicts in Tijuana and Los Angeles, cartels in Mexico, international drug experts in Bangkok and Kabul, and more. Voeten also interviewed numerous authorities, judges, and social workers who are trying to stop the meth epidemic.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Copyrightjahr
- 2025
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-5381-9861-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-5381-9862-9
- Verlag
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 304
- Produkttyp
- Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Contents Kein Zugriff
- Introduction Kein Zugriff
- Chapter 1: The Bizarre History of Meth: From State-Approved Energizer to the Underground Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 8
- Chapter 2: Tijuana: A Failed City in the Grip of Crystal Meth Kein Zugriff Seiten 9 - 26
- Chapter 3: Trends in Worldwide Production and Trafficking Kein Zugriff Seiten 27 - 40
- Chapter 4: Michoacán: The Perfect Cartel Clusterfuck Kein Zugriff Seiten 41 - 56
- Chapter 5: The Netherlands as a Functional Narco-State Kein Zugriff Seiten 57 - 64
- Chapter 6: Sinaloa: Welcome to Narco Central Kein Zugriff Seiten 65 - 74
- Chapter 7: Users: Trends and Patterns in Consumption Kein Zugriff Seiten 75 - 88
- Chapter 8: Chemsex in Amsterdam: Lust Unlimited Kein Zugriff Seiten 89 - 98
- Chapter 9: The Pharmacological Dimension of Crystal Meth Kein Zugriff Seiten 99 - 104
- Chapter 10: Prague: Meth as Rebellion Kein Zugriff Seiten 105 - 124
- Chapter 11: Chemistry 101: Making Meth and How Many Roads Lead to Rome Kein Zugriff Seiten 125 - 8
- Chapter 12: Afghanistan: Opium and Organic Meth Kein Zugriff Seiten 137 - 152
- Chapter 13: Demonizing Crystal Meth: Breaking Bad, Faces of Meth, and Social Constructs Kein Zugriff Seiten 153 - 158
- Chapter 14: Skid Row, Downtown Los Angeles: From Winos to Crackheads to Tweakers Kein Zugriff Seiten 159 - 168
- Chapter 15: The Golden Triangle: Crystal Meth Free Trade Zone Kein Zugriff Seiten 169 - 190
- Chapter 16: Shaking and Baking in Cadillac and the Strange Case of Uncle Fester Kein Zugriff Seiten 191 - 208
- Chapter 17: Brabant: From Smuggling Butter to Brewing Moonshine, from Weed and Ecstasy to Meth Kein Zugriff Seiten 209 - 220
- Chapter 18: Is Fentanyl the New Crystal Meth?: The Tentative Low of the Opioid Crisis Kein Zugriff Seiten 221 - 236
- Chapter 19: Are the Mexican Cartels Coming to the Netherlands? Kein Zugriff Seiten 237 - 254
- Chapter 20: Conclusion and Expectations Kein Zugriff Seiten 255 - 264
- Notes Kein Zugriff Seiten 265 - 276
- Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 277 - 284
- Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 285 - 302
- About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 303 - 304




