Meth In The Heartland
While completing Methland by Nick Reding in record time (unaided by any chemical boosts stronger than caffeine), the crank epidemic/phenomenon/scourge/what-have-you, quickly crystallized for me: meth is the same cheap, potent and highly addictive drug of choice for blue-collar rural whites that crack cocaine is for the ghetto-ized black population. Meth, …