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Speed Demons

By AAN Staff
september 9, 2003  10:09 am
Speed Demons
The media's lousy these days with cautionary copy about the rise of methamphetamine and its attendant "tweaker" culture. But when Westword staff writer David Holthouse spent four days with a group of upwardly mobile Denver meth freaks on a high-end speed binge, he came back with a story like no other. Beginning at an upscale Colorado party pad and eventually leading all the way to the Las Vegas Strip and back, Holthouse's tale puts the lie to the myth of meth as a white-trash drug. A companion piece by Westword staffer Alan Prendergast details the staggering costs and freakish health risks that methheads impose on local communities.
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