Methadone is an opiate prescribed by a doctor
Drugs made in a lab were not subject to weather or soil or season, only to chemical availability: With this new method and full access to the worlds chemical markets through Mexican shipping ports, traffickers could ramp up production of P2P meth in quantities that were, effectively, limitless
SN: [Laughs] Yes, it's kind of hard to put your finger on what exactly is going on there, but that does seem to be the situation, right
This process, known as oxidative stress, triggers inflammation and paves the way for conditions like liver fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis
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Its a slightly invasive line of questioning, to be sure, but mostly its flattering, because, after all, the question implies that Ive managed to create a world so convincing that the reader has been forced to wonder whether what theyre reading has actually crossed the threshold into the realm of nonfiction