methamphetamine

CVS Caremark has agreed to pay $77.6 million in fines for illegally selling a chemical, common in some cold and cough medicines, that ended up being used to make methamphetamine.

In America, authorities often seem to view drug problems in a vacuum: recognizing the effects of addiction, but all too rarely considering the causes of consumption. Officially, the implication is that drug use is self-creating and self-perpetuating, instead of the result of larger processes and...