Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 2006 - Drugs Inc TV - John Steinbeck - Montana Meth TV - Simon Reeve TV -
It is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to go fishing alone at all. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 2006
Montana: known as the Treasure State. This is Big Sky country, and a state awash with Crack. Drugs Inc: Meth Boom Montana, National Geographic 2012
Morphine: six milligrams is thirty bucks. ibid.
Long winters, boredom and isolation. ibid.
Drug abuse on the reservations is widespread. The drug of choice is the highly addictive Methamphetamine. ibid.
Using the postman as a drug courier is something that law enforcement wants to stamp out. ibid.
Users often start smoking Meth. But as their tolerance grows the high weakens and that’s when they turn to the needle. ibid.
A steady flow of Methamphetamine from Mexico. ibid.
I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. And it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it. John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Methamphetamine is a highly addictive, toxic, synthetic stimulant. Meth causes euphoria, brain damage, psychosis, tooth decay, skin lesions, paranoia and death. Sheriff’s departments across the nation rank Meth as the #1 crime problem in America today. Montana ranks second in the nation for teenage and adult Meth abuse. Montana Meth, HBO 2007
‘It’s like being dead for ten seconds.’ ibid. addict
‘The biggest head-rush in the world.’ ibid. addict #2
‘I would sleep with guys for sex.’ ibid. recovering addict
‘It’s an ecstasy unlike any other drug.’ ibid. doctor
93% of addicts in traditional treatment relapse into Meth abuse. ibid. caption
I visit a huge rewilding project out on the vast prairies. The Americas with Simon Reeve II, BBC 2019
The Rockies stretch more than 3,000 miles from the frozen forests of Canada to the harsh deserts of New Mexico. ibid.
Montana has the highest suicide rate in the United States. ibid.