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Chicago is seeing an increase in fatal meth overdoses. Here’s why.

Por: Chicago Sun Times Politics February 24, 2023

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He was a 41-year-old, college-educated mortgage broker. But his station in life didn’t prevent the man, who lived in a Rogers Park condo, from becoming a regular user of methamphetamine, a stimulant that causes euphoria but also dental problems, memory loss and worse.The man used to call his grandmother in Tennessee, where he grew up, nearly every day. “He told me he used methamphetamine,” says the grandmother, speaking on the condition... + full article



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