Narcotic Wasteland begon als een soloproject van Dallas Toler-Wade, waar hij aan werkte in de tijd dat hij niet bezig was live of in de studio met zijn band *Nile*. In zijn eigen woorden: *"The band's overall concept is very reflective of the city where Dallas, Edwin, and Chris grew up. Fayetteville, North Carolina, a military town, has a PTSD rate of up to 75% in males, and is the highest rated city in the US for Shaken Baby Syndrome. The availability of street drugs is astounding, and the ever-growing epidemic of addiction to pharmaceutical drugs is an extremely toxic and unstable environment to grow up and live in."* Beluister [hier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJPkigmZspY) *'Faces of Meth'*