Crystal Meth 05/07

February 13, 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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15 Comments

  1. fgho19 says:

    @Essy7887 Fuck off dipshit, what switch. You think they dont smoke pot already. And by the way, lets see you substitute marijuana for meth. Grow some of those brain cells back before you hit that POST COMMENT button again

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  2. Battywasinnocent says:

    this is the first time i have heard of someone who used to sell 10-20,000 dollars worth of meth a week and uses tax payer dollars to be a drug addict who isn’t a bad person.

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  3. MrTheEvilgerman says:

    People tells they will change there life, but it is a lie people dont change there life, only there storys, sad.

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  4. HangTheScientologist says:

    @Essy7887 Its nothing like cannabis you stupid cunt. Why comment when you clearly know fuck all?

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  5. farticus69 says:

    @ximik06 just about to say it

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  6. rayjobob says:

    when your using meth im pretty sure weed wont do much you stupid toool , people dont start using drugs their first time and go right to meth they build up on it

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  7. mijreed says:

    They use student loans to buy meth.

    So they’re basically using YOUR tax dollars to be drug addicts. They are nothing but scum.

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  8. Essy7887 says:

    Switch from meth to cannibas (Pot or hash) you can still get very high but it doesn’t hurt you as much and you use it less

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  9. MrHateregistering says:

    These people are functional, and it should be completely up to them when to stop and if. Problem is, a lot of addicts are using a lot of speed, and that costs them money that they dont have, hence they become a “drain on society”. This should all be understandable to any 12 year old. It´s convenient to have some one to point ones finger at from ones high moral horse. Sure, speedfreaks are crazy, but that is just one extreme of the cycle. Jobs are scarce, meth is not, therefore lots of freaks

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  10. badattitude77769 says:

    Thank you to these people for telling the truth and admitting their addiction.

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  11. TheDevils3play says:

    HE LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE FUCKEN BUSH

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  12. Songsmirth says:

    Look at her teeth! This is the man that gave up his kids. They love each other, partly, because they do drugs together and know they’ve given up everything for it. She doesn’t get out of bed for 3 and a half weeks and her college teachers to for that? I don’t think so. They get easy $. Sad to think the most famous thing they will be known for is this program. 16. Oh my word. I sure hope he got help.

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  13. slicedalone2 says:

    Most of the white people from the Central Valley are from or descended from people from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas that came out during the 30′s and 40′s during the dustbowl. Thats why they talk like that, he sounds dead on my grandfather. In fact Bakersfield California is the only place outside of the south that has something called the Pin-pen merger.

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  14. ximik06 says:

    looks like Bush, sounds like Bush… oh wait, u just said it

    ... on July February 13th, 2010
  15. APT420 says:

    That older guy looks liike GW Bush hahahahahaha Sounds like him too hahahahahahahahahaha

    ... on July February 13th, 2010