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Mad On Meth : How New Zealand Got Hooked On P
Paperback Edition: 1
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Only fifty years ago in New Zealand, methamphetamine was a publicly prescribed drug used by housewives, shift workers, students, and anyone looking for a boost. Legal for decades and treated no different to caffeine, meth was about to undergo a rebrand as the most dangerous and destructive drug in the world.
With dry wit and biting insight, journalist Benedict Collins takes us inside the evolution of meth in New Zealand. From ram raids for pseudoephedrine to our own cooks and gangs 'breaking bad', a visit to the Golden Triangle of meth production in South-East Asia, multimillion-dollar busts, and a moral panic that seeded a meth-testing scandal. All set the stage for unthinkable crimes and drug-fuelled mania, but also serviced a hidden world of white-collar users - and cemented New Zealand's reputation as among the biggest meth consumers in the world.
How did tough on crime become dumb on drugs? And what does a solution to Pure addiction look like?
Pages : 272
Publisher : Harper Collins
Publication date : 2023-11-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, New Zealand, NZ History, NZ Sociology, Drug & Substance Abuse: Social Aspects, Drugs Trade / Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime