Frank Owen
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
"In this book, Frank Owen traces the spread of methamphetamine - meth - from its origins as a cold and asthma remedy to the stimulant wiring every corner of American culture." "Meth is the latest "epidemic" to attract the attention of law enforcement and the media, but like cocaine and heroin, its roots are medicinal. It was first synthesized in the late nineteenth century and applied in the treatment of a wide range of ailments. By the 1940s meth...