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Policing methamphetamine
In its steady march across the United States, methamphetamine
has become, to quote former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, \"the
most dangerous drug in America.\" As a result, there has been a
concerted effort at the local level to root out the methamphetamine
problem by identifying the people at its source-those known or
suspected to be involved with methamphetamine. Government-sponsored
anti-methamphetamine legislation has enhanced these local efforts,
formally and informally encouraging rural residents to identify
meth offenders in their communities. Policing Methamphetamine shows
what happens in everyday life-and to everyday life-when
methamphetamine becomes an object of collective concern. Drawing on
interviews with users, police officers, judges, and parents and
friends of addicts in one West Virginia town, William Garriott
finds that this overriding effort to confront the problem changed
the character of the community as well as the role of law in
creating and maintaining social order. Ultimately, this work
addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the
war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States.
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Meth Wars
How the War on Drugs is maintained through racism,authority and public opinion.
From the hit television series Breaking Bad , to daily news reports, anti-drug advertising campaigns and highly publicized world-wide hunts for “narcoterrorists” such as Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the drug, methamphetamine occupies a unique and important space in the public’s imagination. In Meth Wars , Travis Linnemann situates the meth epidemic within the broader culture and politics of drug control and mass incarceration.
Linnemann draws together a range of examples and critical interdisciplinary scholarship to show how methamphetamine, and the drug war more generally, are part of a larger governing strategy that animates the politics of fear and insecurity and links seemingly unrelated concerns such as environmental dangers, the politics of immigration and national security, policing tactics, and terrorism. The author’s unique analysis presents a compelling case for how the supposed “meth epidemic” allows politicians, small town police and government counter-narcotics agents to engage in a singular policing project in service to the broader economic and geostrategic interests of the United States.
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Methamphetamine : a love story
\"Methamphetamine: A Love Story presents an insider's view into the lived experience of immersion in the world of methamphetamine. In-depth interviews were conducted with 33 adults formerly immersed in using, dealing, and manufacturing. Detailed accounts bring insight into the intoxicating aspects of the lifestyle including sex, money, power, and the ability to create methamphetamine. Social networks and environment play an important role in shaping and influencing drug-related decisions. The transformation of the lifestyle from one that is intoxicating to one that becomes risky and ultimately dark explains the unsustainability and the challenges exiting the life\"--Provided by publisher.
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Reducing Illicit Methamphetamine Labs: Is Precursor Control the Answer?
Reducing illicit methamphetamine (meth) labs poses many unique challenges. For more than 30 years, the government’s strategy has relied on controlling certain chemicals and precursors used by amateur chemists (called “cooks”) to make meth. Some states have pursued additional controls, including, for example, requiring prescriptions for popular drug products that can be used as meth precursors. In this paper we review the government’s anti-meth strategies and assess their effectiveness. Our findings suggest that, historically, precursor controls have caused only limited and temporary disruptions in meth production because cooks are quick to adapt and use alternate methods for making meth. Our data review uncovered limitations in a national database that has been used for more than a decade by federal and state agencies to track meth production and formulate anti-meth strategies. The continued use of these data, we conclude, has contributed to wasteful federal spending that, in turn, has distorted the scope and nature of the domestic meth lab problem.
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Policing methamphetamine : narcopolitics in rural America / William Garriott
From the publisher. In its steady march across the United States, methamphetamine has become, to quote former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, \"the most dangerous drug in America.\" As a result, there has been a concerted effort at the local level to root out the methamphetamine problem by identifying the people at its source -- those known or suspected to be involved with methamphetamine. Government-sponsored anti-methamphetamine legislation has enhanced these local efforts, formally and informally encouraging rural residents to identify meth offenders in their communities. Policing Methamphetamine shows what happens in everyday life -- and to everyday life -- when methamphetamine becomes an object of collective concern. Drawing on interviews with users, police officers, judges, and parents and friends of addicts in one West Virginia town, William Garriott finds that this overriding effort to confront the problem changed the character of the community as well as the role of law in creating and maintaining social order. Ultimately, this work addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States.
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Methamphetamine : a love story
Methamphetamine: A Love Story presents an insider's view of the world of methamphetamine based on the life stories of thirty-three adults formerly immersed in using, dealing, and manufacturing meth in rural Oklahoma. Using a respectful tone towards her subjects, Shukla illuminates their often decades-long love affair with the drug, the attractions of the lifestyle, the eventual unsustainability of it, and the challenges of exiting the life. These personal stories reveal how and why people with limited economic means and inadequate resources become entrapped in the drug epidemic, while challenging longstanding societal views about addiction, drugs, drug policy, and public health.
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