Meth Madness: How American Media's Drug Hysteria Vilifies the Poor

Meth madness: How American media's drug hysteria vilifies the poor

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Hart is known for previous studies focusing on crack cocaine and the overblown “crack scare” of the 80s. Similar to what's happening with meth now, crack cocaine was hyperbolized in mid-80s as being so irresistibly addictive that even first time users … Read more on Salon

Beating addiction

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Handley's own personal “rock bottom” came in the last 10 years of his drug use, from 1998 to 2009, when he had begun smoking crack cocaine after years of snorting the drug. “Cocaine and alcohol were the drugs that took me down the hardest,” said … Read more on Fenton Tri County Times