Methamphetamine is primarily a blue-collar drug used by whites. So it shouldn't be surprising that meth has become the drug of choice among adults in blue-collar, mostly white Kitsap County.
Drugs - usually meth - play a role in 80 percent of non-drug crimes here. As a result, meth's toll is far larger than the number of users.
Meth robs victims of crimes committed to support the habit.
It contaminates property belonging to unsuspecting landlords of meth cooks. Meth users' abused and neglected children become wards of the state, and the rest of us pay the bills for their care and the impact of meth on their lives.
Meth costs businesses, invades schools and stresses health care systems. Even the military is not immune.
In the coming months, The Sun will examine the toll meth demands from the people and institutions in our community.
The Sun wins national award for meth series
NEW YORK -- The Sun's eight-month series about the sweeping community impact of the methamphetamine epidemic received national recognition Thursday, capturing the prestigious Nancy Dickerson Whitehead ...
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Newspaper's meth series wins 2nd award on same day
The Sun became a double winner Thursday with the announcement that The Meth Toll series received a C.B. Blethen Award for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting....
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