Happy National Meth Day!

TIMES-PICAYUNE
Authorities try to deter meth use
Dealers may target storm-relief laborers
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
By Michelle Hunter


Counting on the shock value, local Drug Enforcement Administration chief William Renton Jr. motioned to a mugshot of a man with a withered, skeletal face with grizzled patches of white hair.

The man looked to be in his 50s or older. Instead, Renton said, the unidentified man -- a methamphetamine user -- is in his 30s.

That photo, and others showing meth users' rotten, blackened teeth were displayed by federal officials anxious to educate the public on the grim effects of methamphetamine.

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