The Devil&#039;s Drug: The Global Emergence of Crystal Meth

Teun Voeten

doi:10.5771/9781538198629

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Edition: 1/2025
Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-9861-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-9862-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 304
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Introduction No access
Chapter 1: The Bizarre History of Meth: From State-Approved Energizer to the Underground No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 2: Tijuana: A Failed City in the Grip of Crystal Meth No access Pages 9 - 26
Chapter 3: Trends in Worldwide Production and Trafficking No access Pages 27 - 40
Chapter 4: Michoacán: The Perfect Cartel Clusterfuck No access Pages 41 - 56
Chapter 5: The Netherlands as a Functional Narco-State No access Pages 57 - 64
Chapter 6: Sinaloa: Welcome to Narco Central No access Pages 65 - 74
Chapter 7: Users: Trends and Patterns in Consumption No access Pages 75 - 88
Chapter 8: Chemsex in Amsterdam: Lust Unlimited No access Pages 89 - 98
Chapter 9: The Pharmacological Dimension of Crystal Meth No access Pages 99 - 104
Chapter 10: Prague: Meth as Rebellion No access Pages 105 - 124
Chapter 11: Chemistry 101: Making Meth and How Many Roads Lead to Rome No access Pages 125 - 8
Chapter 12: Afghanistan: Opium and Organic Meth No access Pages 137 - 152
Chapter 13: Demonizing Crystal Meth: Breaking Bad, Faces of Meth, and Social Constructs No access Pages 153 - 158
Chapter 14: Skid Row, Downtown Los Angeles: From Winos to Crackheads to Tweakers No access Pages 159 - 168
Chapter 15: The Golden Triangle: Crystal Meth Free Trade Zone No access Pages 169 - 190
Chapter 16: Shaking and Baking in Cadillac and the Strange Case of Uncle Fester No access Pages 191 - 208
Chapter 17: Brabant: From Smuggling Butter to Brewing Moonshine, from Weed and Ecstasy to Meth No access Pages 209 - 220
Chapter 18: Is Fentanyl the New Crystal Meth?: The Tentative Low of the Opioid Crisis No access Pages 221 - 236
Chapter 19: Are the Mexican Cartels Coming to the Netherlands? No access Pages 237 - 254
Chapter 20: Conclusion and Expectations No access Pages 255 - 264
Notes No access Pages 265 - 276
Bibliography No access Pages 277 - 284
Index No access Pages 285 - 302
About the Author No access Pages 303 - 304