http://www.progressiveislam.info ProgressiveIslam.info Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:40:42 GMT http://www.progressiveislam.info/diary/2021/two-new-books-explore-the-problem-of-methamphetamine-in-south-asia-and-the-us South Asia and the 'flyover states' of the US share a common problem that has fallen out of the media recently but remains an ongoing issue: abuse of methamphetamine, or yaba (yabba) as it is known in South Asia. From reports, yaba seems to be making it's greatest inroads <a href="http://maharuq.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/90/">in the Muslim community in Bangladesh.</a> From Time Asia, here's a <a href="http://www.time.com/time/asia/photoessays/speed.030201/frame1.html">photo-essay of Thai yaba users</a> from 2001. <p>Two new books just out investigate the rise of meth in both regions. <a href="http://www.methlandbook.com/home">Methland</a> chronicles the struggles of a small town in Iowa as it reports on the development of the larger problem in 'flyover country.' In <a href="http://www.asiabookroom.com/AsiaBookRoom/search.cfm/UR/127550/ss/d/rtd/5">Merchants of Madness</a> two Thailand-based reporters document the rise of yaba in South Asia and the criminal enterprise behind it. <br /> methapmphetamine meth crystal meth yaba yabba Sat, 09 May 2009 02:48:11 GMT Salaam http://www.progressiveislam.info/diary/2021/two-new-books-explore-the-problem-of-methamphetamine-in-south-asia-and-the-us