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A Nazi drug's US resurgence: How meth is making a disturbing reappearance

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
A drug addict smoking crystal meth on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.AP photo/Jae C. Hong

Although I am teaching a course at Indiana University this semester on the opioid epidemic, I can’t get meth out of my mind.

A colleague of mine was recently carjacked. He was forced to drive at extreme speed throughout the city and escaped with his...

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