Although opioids – especially oxycodone and fentanyl – dominate addiction news, another deadly drug has been lurking in the background, causing tens of thousands of fatalities: methamphetamine.
Meth addiction isn’t new, but it has quickly emerged in recent years as a particularly deadly threat, and Los Angeles has been hard-hit.
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