How Bad is Meth in the Midwest?

My wife and I stayed up late last night and HBO aired a documentary, Montana Meth, which showed the devastating effects of meth use on the young citizens of Montana.  It was horrifying.  They repeated one statistic that 85% of Montana court cases either deal directly or peripherally with meth use or crimes related to meth.

I’m a bit lucky in that I live in a region of the US where meth doesn’t seem to be a factor.  But this drug is wiping out towns of young people.  And Native American tribes are particularly worried that this drug may end their ancestral lines.

How bad is it?  Bad enough that Montanameth.Org has a series of frightening and realistic television commercials aimed at keeping people from using meth.  Their motto is “meth- not even once.”  Click on over there and check them all out.  Those commercials scared me-  and I hope they scare their intended audience too.  It makes meth addicts look like zombies!  Seriously, the most frightening anti-drug ads ever.