Area wages war on methamphetamine

Methamphetamine -- meth -- is a powerful stimulant that experts say creates the same kind of high as cocaine. It can be made using legal ingredients, most of which can be purchased at any hardware or grocery store.

Mixed together, these ingredients create fumes and liquids that poison ground water, endanger unsuspecting people such as roadside cleanup workers, and cause fiery explosions. And it's being made more and more in southeastern Minnesota.

A team of 10 P-B reporters, photographers, graphic artists and editors spent several months investigating the problem, talking to meth users, manufacturers, drug agents, pollution specialists, social workers and others affected by the illegal drug.

The result is a five-part package of stories, photos and graphics that look at the growing meth problem in our region and what authorities are doing about it.

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