METH TOWN CRISIS GETTING WORSE!!!

If there's a theme for this year, it's that junkies come from all walks of life . . . Accordingly, this news update reminds us that meth continues to be a problem that impacts working-poor whites and Latinos with growing frequency . . . Even worse, the home grown epidemic is now part of the local culture. Stagnant wages and the decline of American social mobility has created not just an underground economy but an outlaw community that rejects the values of the mainstream and would, seemingly, opt for the illicit drug trade rather than daily grind.

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While Opioids Grab The Spotlight, The Meth Epidemic Grows Worse Than Ever

Starting in the mid-1990s, Capt. Dan Cummings worked as an undercover cop going after meth suppliers in his hometown of Independence, Missouri. He had grown up seeing what meth could do, so for him the work was personal. "When I was a kid, a cousin brought a bag of this white powder in and said, 'Man, hey, you gotta try this stuff.