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From: LindyBill2/12/2006 5:35:44 PM
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FRONTLINE
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- This Week: "The Meth Epidemic" (60 min.),
Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings)
- Inside FRONTLINE: The story behind the story
- Live Discussion: Chat with reporter Steve Suo this Wed. at 11 am et

FRONTLINE has the opportunity from time to time to work with some of the
best investigative reporters in the country. Steve Suo of The Oregonian
was the lead reporter for that newspaper's award-winning special series
on methamphetamine, "Unnecessary Epidemic." This Tuesday in "The Meth
Epidemic," you will see how Suo's reporting became the basis for a
powerful film by producer/director Carl Byker who has his own list of
awards.

Byker's journey into the meth story begins on the streets of Portland,
Oregon where he was immediately struck by the impact of meth abuse, and
where he had a few surprises. He recounts how a police officer told him
to touch the skin of a meth addict who had just been arrested. Meth
overdose is signaled by a temperature of over 107 degrees. "The guy was
on fire," says Byker.

But crime and human devastation are only one layer in the documentary.
As Byker notes, he was glad to have the opportunity to tell the story
behind the story - a political tale of Washington politics that shaped
how the meth epidemic would play out.

Finally, for you sinus and cold sufferers like me who have come to rely
on cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine, my first encounter with
the meth epidemic was finding out that my favorite cold remedy is no
longer sold over the counter. Now I have to ask the pharmacist for it.
The program explains why this restriction has already happened in a
number of states and large retail stores, and may soon be required
nationally by a federal law.
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