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Mad On Meth: How New Zealand Got Hooked On P - Collins, Benedict

Mad On Meth: How New Zealand Got Hooked On P

Author
Collins, Benedict
Price
NZ$26.00
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Only 50 years ago, pure methamphetamine was legally prescribed in New Zealand to anyone looking for a boost. But it wasn't long before P was rebranded as the most dangerous and destructive drug in the world - and New Zealanders cemented as among its biggest users.

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?

Format
Second hand Trade Paperback
ISBN
9781775542001
Catalog
SKU
134546

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