11/16/2011
Methamphetamine Epidemic
Franklin County, Missouri
TOD:
- "America's Crystal Meth Epidemic"
- Case Study of Meth in Franklin County, Missouri
- percent of population involved in small
- What are the characteristics of meth production?
- What are the consequences for individuals, law enforcement, and communities?
Case Study: Franklin County, Missouri
- What happened to Mike Murphy?
- explosion
- would have died except that he was evac'ed to hospital
- blind and partly deaf
- effect on family
- not charged with the crime (because of injury)
- How did people report they got started making and/or using meth?
- peer pressure
- family influences
- employers suggest meth to employees
- What are the dangers of making meth?
- ingredients are easy to obtain
- google gives many recipes!
- burning during cooking process
- breathing in the fumes is dangerous
- What are the dangers of using meth?
- paranoia and hallucinations
- family members are hurt/negatively affected
- physically--teeth
- Why do people get involved in making and/or using meth?
- Educational and economic levels
Tennessee: The police seized nearly 2100 meth labs last year -- a 45 % increase over the 2009 levels and more than any other state (2011).
Case Study Movie notes -- Franklin County
- just under 100,000 people
- meth reaches all people of a community
- uses ammonia and over-the-counter pills
- Mike Murphy
- started meth after 8th grade
- marijuana before that
- older man showed introduced him to meth
- pot of meth catches on fire and tank exploded on him -- severe injury
- blind in both eyes
- deaf in one ear
- scars for life
- Why here?
- agricultural communities and available chemicals
- can be made in home
- much crime follows meth
- paranoia common
- kids born with meth in their system :(
- "cooking" process
- 10lbs of waste for 1lb of meth
- toxic fumes to breathe in
- make-shift bombs to protect the lab
- "a cancer growing from within"
- whole community is affected
- feelings of euphoria keeps people making/using drugs
- intensive drug court
- write papers
- community service
- Cody--meth from ex-girlfriend
- jail time or drug court
- Eric
- physical toll
- "meth mouth"
- tooth decay
- dentists highly needed
- first hit at 16
- dentures made him feel much more confident about his teeh
- Mark Hyndrich
- first hit at 15 (?)
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