In a plot more nefarious — and real — than Walt and Jessie's fictional run on methylamine, the plant that exploded two weeks ago was a frequent target of theft and sabotage. Not from farmers looking for free soil supplements, apparently, but from people looking to acquire one of the key ingredients for making methamphetamine.
Discovered: That athletic tape doesn't do much; sleep trouble isn't just a first world problem; fruit flies on meth die from anorexia; squids detach their own arms to evade predators.
Today in depressing statistics, we have the number of meth labs busted in West Virginia so far this year. Unfortunately, it is a lot.
Mexican troops seized 15 tons of methamphetamine in a western state of Mexico, the Associated Press reported Thursday, which if sold in the U.S. would be worth $4 billion.
One anonymous blogger's headline pretty much sums up why some artists were born for advertising: "Darren Aronofsky Needs Just 30 Seconds to Turn You off Meth Forever."
A new survey shows meth-use has plunged by about half in the last few years
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