Meth: America’s Home Cooked Menace
August 6, 2008
Meth: America’s Home-Cooked Menace
A harrowing look at the personal, social, and environmental impact of America’s newest drug abuse trend.
Methamphetamine has been around for decades, but the recent surge in clandestine “cooking” labs in homes, hotel rooms, and even cars has made this toxic stimulant exceptionally affordable, accessible, and dangerous. With staggering facts and up-to-the-minute information, award-winning journalist Dirk Johnson has written the definitive book about America’s methamphetamine pandemic. Johnson examines the unprecedented physical, mental, social, and environmental destruction caused by meth use and meth production. He explains why this drug is so harmful, how it differs from other drugs, and how it has devastated individuals, families, and communities. While the facts are decidedly discouraging, Johnson describes successful national, state, and local efforts to fight meth production and prevent addiction, and shares hopeful stories from recovering meth addicts.
About the Author
Award-winning journalist Dirk Johnson is the Chicago bureau chief and a senior writer for Newsweek. He wrote for the New York Times for 16 years, covering many of the major national news events of the past two decades, including the shootings at Columbine High School, the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, and various national political races. Johnson is a five-time winner of the New York Times Publisher’s Award and the author of Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo. He lives in Sycamore, Illinois.
The Politics of Crystal Meth: Gay Men Share Stories of Addiction and Recovery
August 6, 2008
The Politics of Crystal Meth: Gay Men Share Stories of Addiction And Recovery
A non-profit executive, governmental employee, financial advisor, travel agent, student, fashion designer - what these gay men have in common is a knowledge of pain, obsession, despair, degradation, and finally freedom from the one element that connects their stories: crystal meth use.
Dr. Ken Cimino reveals the intimate and horrifying nature of meth abuse and presents ten inspiring true life dramas of meth use and recovery in The Politics of Crystal Meth: Gay Men Share Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery. In part one he illustrates the varied reasons why gay men use methamphetamines, from gay oppression to homophobia to building self esteem to HIV issues. In the second part of the book he shares ten personal and motivating stories of meth use and recovery.
In The Politics of Crystal Meth: Gay Men Share Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery, experts such as Kathy Rebak, Walter Odets and Luciano Colonna talk about issues and problems created by gay men who use meth. Gay men addicts bear a social stigma that straight men don’t, for example, making it hard for them to admit their addiction and seek treatment. The Politics of Crystal Meth also answers the difficult questions, “Am I an addict?” and “To whom do I turn?” It describes the principles of the most successful treatment programs and lists the experts currently bringing help to gay men who have meth and other addiction problems.
The Politics of Crystal Meth will educate you, possibly scare you, and alert you to meth addiction as experienced by ordinary, respectable, average gay men. Whether you think you may be an addict, know someone or love someone who is, or work with gay addicts, this book offers self help through understanding and support.
About the Author
Dr. Kenneth Cimino has written for numerous publications including Advocate.com, GFN and CBS Marketwatch. His first non-fiction manuscript, Gay Assimilation: The Group Consciousness of Gay Conservatives, is forthcoming next year. He is a graduate of Claremont Graduate University with a Ph.D. in Political Science and also has a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
August 6, 2008
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
Oregon inmate says that meth makes you evil
July 24, 2008
Meth makes you evil, according to an Oregon inmate who knows first hand about the effects of methamphetamine. Meth, according to one law enforcement officer in this video, touches the lives of everyone in Oregon. He says that if you live in Oregon, you either know someone who has a problem with meth, or you have a relative that is involved with it.
Clear Body Clear Mind
July 14, 2008
Clear Body Clear Mind by L. Ron Hubbard
Over 250,000 people from all walks of life, including firemen and Gulf War Veterans, have successfully undergone the program contained in this book to eliminate the devastating effects that toxins, drugs and radiation can have on the body. The late founder of the Church of Scientology and author of phenomenal best seller Dianetics (Bridge, 1950) created the detoxification regimen of running, saunas, natural oils, and specific vitamins and minerals that is clearly presented in this book. Included in the book are numerous testimonies from people who used this regimen to recover from substance abuse, radiation illness, Agent Orange-related diseases, and more.
DVD: Frontline The Meth Epidemic
June 24, 2008
Frontline - The Meth Epidemic - Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among motorcycle gangs in the 1970s has become big business, largely due to the efforts of two Mexican drug runners who began smuggling ephedrine - the same chemical used to make over- the-counter cold remedies - into California by the ton. Hundreds of illegal meth labs are now operating in the western United States, and the effects are sweeping the nation. From coast to coast, meth abuse is on the rise, but who’s responsible? Is the government doing enough to crack down on this latest drug craze? In a reporting partnership with The Oregonian, FRONTLINE investigates America’s addiction to meth and exposes the inherent conflict between the illegal drug trade and the legitimate three-billion-dollar cold remedy business.
Book: American Meth: A History of the Methamphetamine Epidemic in America
April 7, 2008
American Meth: A History of the Methamphetamine Epidemic in America
Here’s an excerpt about the book from Amazon:
“According to the DEA statistics, approximately four percent of all Americans have used clandestinely manufactured methamphetamine. In the 1960s and 1970s millions of mainstream Americans used and abused prescription amphetamines; today, anyone with a stovetop, a beaker, and a little know-how can make its derivative, methamphetamine, with chemicals purchased at the hardware store and pharmacy down the street.”
Book: Beautiful Boy - A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Meth Addiction
April 7, 2008
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction
What some Amazon readers felt about the book:
“This is a stunningly written, intense and emotional memoir of a father’s struggle to deal with his brilliant, charismatic, and caring son’s addiction to methamphetamine. It is honest and authentic and raw and heart-rending and fascinating. It is unforgettable. As I read, I felt many emotions for both the father and son—everything from anger to sadness to grief to fear. I felt as though I was right there on the emotional roller coaster with the author. Even if you have no personal experience of a loved one’s addiction, you will be moved by this father’s struggle to cope with his son’s substance abuse turmoils. Despite methamphetamine being this country’s most problematic drug, many of us, including me, know very little about it, and may not initially Read more
Methlabs in America
Not a single thing meth is made from is illegal. Ingredients needed to make methamphetamine can be bought in stores in every neighborhood in America. Profits made by selling the drug are at an all-time high, which only adds to the problem.
