and they are producing it and it s being smuggled in and being purchased and killing people. both the humanitarian crisis and the national security crisis. we were spot on. every town, city and state inur this country as a border town city and state. if you have a meth problem anywhere in the united states it came from the southwest border from those super labs that we describe.at one of our security guys that s worked for local police and he is always telling me stories. it s heartbreaking, you just want to ball crying. like a mother to would hurt her own child because she thoughtba her child was something else. having complete delusions because she s a meth addict. fentanyl coming from china, and
it s extremely hard. it s like, dad, there s no jobs around here. no jobs, or 80% unemployment here. so without having things to do, a lot of times young people just get involved in things they shouldn t be doing. yeah, like i worked at the school, elementary school for 20 years. just loved them and the ones that get to school and get to eat. but then when they leave there, you don t know what they re going back to. kids with talent that just don t get out of here? so much. so many. so much wasted talent. what do you think should be done here so that there s not more young people like your son who get caught up? we need a task force that understands the meth problem here. it takes people a long time to get off of that.
and fentanyl. what people need to know, the chemicals are coming from china and indian companies and going to mexico where they have industrial size labs now. one thing that happened recently, they seized a lap in atlanta, the dea. it was 400 pounds of meth. six out of seven workers were from the cartel. they were illegally in america. there was 2,000 pounds of toxic waste. each pound of america created in america creates five pounds of waste. the meth problem is booming. a lot of cities, the biggest problem is meth. dana: i want to ask you about something else. the washington post had this big article about the obama administration and fentanyl, another drug, a china problem coming up from mexico. they failed to see the seriousness of it. so therefore we might be dealing with that now? i was involved at the special
i m not expecting to find anything. if we find it, we find it. i hope jayme is still alive. volunteers say the area has a meth problem and should be prepared to find drug paraphernalia. right now this is just a starting point. the public has been asking to help and they figure they can search the area stretched along highway 8 between baron and turtle lake, wisconsin, which has been identified as an area of interest. shep? shepard:s that, matt. more car crashes are happening in states where recreational marijuana is illegal. that s according to a new study from the insurance institute for highway safety. it s an independent nonprofit research group. it reports that after recreational pot went on sale, collision claims rose about 6% in colorado, nevada oregon, washington. then in nearby states where it s still illegal. the national transportation safety board released a new
example being set for them. i m pretty sure that is the young man in the back of the squad car right now. it is. it s sad to see the potential wasted on dope. looking at the family photos, i ll struck by the reality meth can take hold of anybody. i want to know how the smiling child in the pictures got to this point. we re out here working on a piece how meth has impact on people in this state. how bad is the meth problem in oklahoma? it s pretty bad. it s as bad as i ve seen it for my age. i m only 24. i ve seen my mom in it for 20 years and seen it ruin her life. when did you start using it? about 16. on and off throughout the years. i saw some pictures on the