SMOKED OUT: A controversial new book by former LA. Times reporter Sam Quinones claims that a cheap and potent form of Mexican meth is causing a surge of deaths and homelessness in Los Angeles. Are we doing enough to address the city's drug problem? And why aren't more people paying attention?

WHEN SAM QUINONES FINISHED WRITING HIS 2015 BEST-SELLING EXPOSE ON BLACK TAR HEROIN AND OXYCODONE-DREAMLAND THE TRUE TALE OF AMERICA'S OPIATE EPIDEMIC-HE FIGURED HE WAS PRETTY MUCH DONE. 'I THOUGHT [...]