Crystal Meth 02/07

February 14, 2010 - Posted by admin

Central Valley, California, is home to some of the most impoverished rural towns in America, where crystal meth addiction is prolific. In Fresno, Louis finds a community ravaged by this cheap and highly addictive drug. As he infiltrates the town, he experiences the reality of meth abuse, as addicts who are high (or 'tweaking', as it is known) invite him into their homes to see them take hit after hit of their favourite drug. Louis becomes surrounded by the madness of daily addiction and the meth-addled confusion which is breaking this community apart. He sees its impact through the eyes of the local police, and meets Diane and Karl, a couple who have sustained their marriage despite a 25-year meth addiction and losing custody of their five children. He witnesses arrests of sons doing meth with their mothers, and family after family broken apart from generations of meth abuse. At the Westcare residential centre, Louis sees the work being done to combat the destruction caused by the drug. Run by ex-addicts, it offers a six-month rehab programme. He witnesses the extraordinary challenges they face dealing with meth-addicted families – babies born already hooked, with mothers caring for them while attempting to kick their own habit too. Addiction is laid bare as Louis seeks out the stories and the people behind the drug.

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13 Comments

  1. brian8793 says:

    Well, you may be right, but it’s atleast a commandment.

    Hebrews 10:25
    25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  2. juiceman1965 says:

    standing in a church makes you a Chrstian about as much as standing in a garage makes you a car

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  3. SeedsofJoy says:

    Greatest George Bush impersonater ever.

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  4. Songsmirth says:

    Frightening how normal most of these people look. How can a mother/father do this to their children and rationalize it. That one man really thinks he’s going to live to be 91? Has given up his kids for his habit and he believes he’s the good guy. How very sick. But the house at the end. . the 18 year old looks like he could kill someone in a heart beat and that horror of a mother!! And they said there were young children? No words for the hate I’m feeling toward people that sell this stuff.

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  5. ppa5000 says:

    look were ur bad choices brought you…lol

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  6. brian8793 says:

    We can be perfect through Jesus. If we suffer with Christ here on earth, we can become joint heirs with Christ in God’s Kingdom.

    Yeah, your right, I’m not Jesus.LOL

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  7. TrolleylawrieTV says:

    Your not jesus you stupid prick.

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  8. popspie says:

    @parvnation101 well said

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  9. parvnation101 says:

    Big Props to BBC for giving “functional” twakker some air time….American media would never give an addict who looks and acts “normal” any air time, while exploiting the trailer park, toothless, tweezer pickin’-porn wackin twakker instead, to go along with propaganda approach…

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  10. brian8793 says:

    These girls need to know that The truth is out there. Christ’s true Church is here in these latter days. It’s real, and it’s TRUE!

    A miracle!

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  11. APT420 says:

    ROFL

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  12. aaronamccoy says:

    louis theroux is cool

    ... on July February 14th, 2010
  13. brian8793 says:

    She stayed up for two weeks.

    She’s a TWOWEEKER!

    ... on July February 14th, 2010