How meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now that it’s faded from the headlines

 How meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now that it’s faded from the headlines

An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.

Police detectives sort through evidence after raiding a suspected meth lab. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson
Rural America has long suffered from an epidemic of methamphetamine use, which accounts for thousan…