The city addicted to crystal meth

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deltron

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Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I just wanted to let people know about an upcoming documentary on meth use in fresno.It's presented/written by Louis Theroux and is on in the uk this coming sunday on bbc2 at 9pm. I'm not 100% sure but i think you can access the bbc i player online if your not in the uk,it will be on there shortly after,along with his recent docs on san quentin and street life in Philladelphia which were pretty interesting to watch.
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m572d - I think its only available to UK folk.


Louis Theroux investigates Crystal Meth addiction in Central Valley, California.

Central Valley, California, is home to some of the most impoverished rural towns in America where crystal meth addiction is amongst the most prolific in the country. 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 residential centre 'Westcare', 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 often meth-addicted families - babies born already hooked with mothers trying to care for them whilst 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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I'm suprised he didn't choose a city in the midwest where the problem is worse. Central valley towns. ARE overun with meth problems but they aren't as bad as other parts of the country (I don't have evidence to back this up though)
 
if your not in the uk you can check out most of his recent docs on you tube/google vid this one will be up early next week,his docs are not normally onesided and he gives people a chance to see things from a different perspective than through the eyes of law enforcement,although he does speak to the cops to get their side too. google bbc i player and you can watch it on their media player thing for 7 days after it has aired.
 
Louis Theroux is absolutely brilliant at what he does. As one reviewer put it, "He is the master of the sneaky interview" :)
 
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