The unintended victims of meth

http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37104430/the-unintended-victims-of-meth

ZEIGLER –  Meth use in our area keeps rising, as a flood of the drug flows from Mexico into southern Illinois neighborhoods.

DW.com

Use and addiction to the drugs, often hurts the user’s family as much as the user themselves.

Ziegler police chief Ben Burkhamer is on the front lines of fighting methamphetamine in Southern Illinois.

“Of course this is a nationwide epidemic, it’s not unique to our particular area, although some of these smaller towns it seems like we notice it a lot more,” he said.

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