The book explores the origins of European meth production, the rise of industrial-scale laboratories, the global chemical supply chains fueling the drug’s spread, and the socioeconomic conditions that allow consumption to grow. It analyzes the drug’s physiological impact, its effects on families and communities, the vulnerabilities within enforcement and health systems, and the policy failures that have allowed the crisis to escalate.
Balanced, factual, and meticulously structured, this book provides readers with the knowledge needed to understand—and confront—one of Europe’s most urgent emerging challenges.