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Drug War Disaster: Student Busted for Pot Abandoned in Cell, Forced to Drink Own Urine to Survive

Staff, AFP. May 3, 2012.

After getting arrested for smoking marijuana on 4/20, 23-year-old Daniel Chong was forgotten in his cell for days, leaving him forced to drink his own urine.

Surprise: Making Sudafed Prescription-Only Is Smart (And Pisses off Greedy Drug Companies)

Scott Thill, AlterNet. May 3, 2011.

A growing regulatory movement is afoot to revoke the over-the-counter status of drugs containing pseudoephredrine and instead require a doctor's prescription.

How America Turned into a Nation of Speedfreaks and Ritalin Patients

Mick Farren, Feral House. December 26, 2010.

An excerpt from Mick Farren's new book exploring the drug that dominates the lives of millions of schoolchildren, soldiers on the battlefield and freelance writers.

Treating Meth Addiction as a Health Issue

Bill Piper, AlterNet. July 2, 2010.

Congress is finally learning what teenagers learn in high school economics: as long as there is a demand for something, there will be a supply to meet it.

Why Midwestern Small Towns Have Been Ravaged by Meth Addiction

Charles Homans, Washington Monthly. July 24, 2009.

Nick Reding's book "Methland" argues that the shocking rates of meth addiction in the US heartland are in many ways a product of globalization.

Meth: The Overstated Addiction

Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, Drug Policy Alliance. November 30, 2006.

Methamphetamine abuse is not as prevalent as the government would have you believe.

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