This Is What The Meth Epidemic In America Looks Like

Published December 8, 2014
Updated July 14, 2015

Anti-drug advertisements like the Not Even Once campaign and major media coverage of meth abuse would have one believe that America is at war with toothless, murdering drug users. Meth is bad, plain and simple, but new studies suggest that it isn’t the epidemic of media portrayals. Here are the facts about meth use in the United States:

For a more thorough explanation, be sure to check out the full-length documentary, American Meth, featured below for your convenience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAQ6GC7M9u8

Enjoy this look at the Meth epidemic in America? Be sure to check out our other posts on the world's biggest crime organizations and life on the US-Mexico border!

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Susan Sims
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Savannah Cox
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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.
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Sims, Susan. "This Is What The Meth Epidemic In America Looks Like." AllThatsInteresting.com, December 8, 2014, https://allthatsinteresting.com/meth-epidemic-america. Accessed August 13, 2025.