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Podcast: New Books In Public Health
Episode: Travis Linnemann, âMeth Wars: Police, Media, Powerâ (NYU Press, 2016)
Description: If all you knew about methamphetamines came from popular culture (âBreaking Badâ) or government anti-drug campaigns (âFaces of Methâ), then youâd probably think that the typical meth user was a unemployed, rail thin degenerate with bad acne, no teeth and a penchant for child abuse. In these depictions, all meth users are âtweekers,â that is, very bad people who are addicted to speed (here, meth) and who canât take care of themselves or others. But it just ainât so, as Travis Linnemann points out in his thought-provoking book Meth Wars: Police, Media, Power (NYU Press, 2016).The image we get...