The Speed Chronicles

An “addictive volume” of amphetamine stories from William T. Vollmann, Sherman Alexie, and more ( Publishers Weekly ). Speed is the most American of drugs: twice the productivity at half the cost, and equal opportunity for all. It has reinvented itself many times, from miracle cure to biker-gang scourge and everything in between.   It goes by many names: crystal meth, amphetamines, Dexedrine, Benzedrine, Adderall; crank, spizz, chickenscratch, oblivious marching powder, the go-fast. And it