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Produced by Diane Foster and Matt Farnsworth, "Iowa Meth Mom" takes us inside the dark world of methamphetamine abuse.

In this Current Contraband pod we meet Robbin Crouse, a thirty-year meth addict, who shares her experience with the drug that ruined her life.

This scene is a selection from the full length documentary film "Dying For Meth."

For more information go to:

http://www.dyingformeth.com
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20 responses // Iowa Meth Mom

  • http://current.com/items/76301682_meth_in_paradise
    Check out this Pod on Meth use in Hawaii
    Kaj Larsen looks at the devastating effects of crystal methamphetamine on Hawaii--a state with one of the highest rates of meth use in the U.S.
    joshuaheller
  • This is disturbing... I am so glad she is clean now.
    sfrtpro
  • Although you mention with subtitles that because of this video she is no longer doing this? or "clean" HOW CAN WE KNOW FOR SURE???? Some subtitles do not mean that this video can not also have the opposite effect on people. I am a bid skeptical on this type of subject for camera. Why? because I can never be sure if she is 100% able to know what being in camera really means. It is a big commitment to accept to be on camera! if you are on drugs. I find this a bid of an easy subject for camera.
    usumacinta
  • it's true ice is a really big problem in Hawaii. Doesn't anyone watch Dog the bounty hunter???
    jyeh
    • jyeh
    • 11 months ago
  • That was intense. How does this happen?
    kafka
  • The bottomless pit of chasing a high that she will never reach again. She will never get over it usumacinta, it will always consume her thoughts every single day either avoiding meth or regretting all the mistakes made.
    tablet
  • Powerful
    abbym0308
  • It really hits hard when you see what power these drugs have over people and the things that they do almost against their own will to score and get that high
    ametska
  • great story but the holiday piano soundtrack is seriously wrong for this topic and excellent piece
    noelbarnes
  • Jeez. Can't believe it. That's some serious shit.
    Wataridori
  • That was heavy the first time I saw it. I never want to do meth.
    cyborg527
  • To say that this is a very real problem is an understatement, and it is ignorant to say that this is just an "Iowa" problem. Meth is a problem EVERYWHERE affecting the makeup of the USA in ways that are unthinkable (Please ... if you have not seen the other Meth pods here ... you owe yourself to watch them). Future generations will be long-paying the costs of the social wreckage that so many addicts have left behind. This woman was lucky if she got clean. Many livelihoods (families and lives entirely) have been destroyed by this true societal menace.
    wisegrrl
  • seeing this Pod made me nervous primarily because I've done meth before and it was not fun.
    I only did once with a college roommate. I, stayed up for a couple of days over a weekend.
    My roommate, on the otherhand, stayed up as well, but he had a soccer tourny the morning after we did the meth.
    He was super paranoid about everything, thought everybody knew he was high, his eyes were wired and constantly looked out our dorm peephole, watched tv with the sound off.
    Even more, at his first match, he faked an injury to get himself out of playing so high on meth.
    He continued to use meth recreationally, and couldn't continue with his soccer club. Later he transferred universities.
    mercurybelow
  • Meth is huge in Oregon, and here in Portland they're still coming up with ways to combat the problem. We've got three houses in my neighborhood alone that are going to be demolished because they were drug houses. I hope that something comes our way soon to keep people away from this stuff, because it doesn't just kill you, it tortures you slowly, removes your humanity, and then kills you. Its horrible.
    alicynx
  • An unforgettably moving segment on the evils of drug addiction.
    mirimysweet
  • She is only 30 in this video? I figured at least 50.
    Lacanyon
  • If the government wants an "anti-drug/meth campaign", this is the type of imagery they need to use. Real people struggling with the addiction.
    getfunky
  • This pod is so powerful and visceral that it almost made me sick. Really good job pstuart.

    blindripper that was really funny, NOT! Thankfully this comment is the only garbage you've added to current.com. One comment too many if you ask me and disrespectful to the producer of this pod.

    I guess that's freedom of speech for you.
    covelogibbs
  • Meth use is growing rapidly amongst teenagers-at least in Riverside, CA. My teenage brother was a meth-addict. Now dealers are making "it" flavored. They're using cotton candy flavor and watermelon flavor to attract to an even younger crowd. Highschoolers have a system to buying and selling this drug on their campus. They carve out holes in books and leave books with drugs and money for the buyer or dealer to pick up in a designated area/s. My brother was on Ritalin and he would trade his perscription with the dealer for Meth. It's such a shame. I really hope that this woman can survive the habit and fight the tourment of her past.
    Tabs
  • Even though this tape was really direct and genuine, I was cringing half the time I watched this... I saw it twice on TV, and the second time I just turned away...

    I wish I could say poor woman, but hey... if you decided to depend on a drug, an illegal substance nonetheless, and would place that drug in a pedestal, above your friends, your family, and even above your own health and life, then you're going to have to pay for your actions...

    I'm glad she stopped doing meth... 30 years too late, unfortunately.

    Thank you for inspiring me to not do drugs! Work well done, Farnsworth!
    sonoway

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