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This award-winning documentary and the OPB panel discussion that followed it, Meth: The Oregon Front, sprung from a series by The Oregonian's Steve Suo.
A lot has changed in the last year.Suo has continued to break stories on the changing international meth trade.
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Joining OPB's Colin Fogarty for the discussion are: The Oregonian's Steve Suo who will discuss how new laws are hampering meth cartels in Mexico, but may allow Chinese gangs to fill the gap; Rob Bovett of the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association will describe how Oregon has seen the steepest decline in meth lab seizures, due in part to the strictest controls on the meth precursor, pseudoephedrine; and Rita Sullivan, therapist and administrator at OnTrack in Medford, will speak about how that progress hasn't ended the epidemic.
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The hour-long documentary, inspired by a series of articles by award-winning Oregonian reporter Steve Suo, examined the meth crisis in and beyond Oregon.
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The Frontline documentary was inspired by a series of articles by award-winning Oregonian reporter Steve Suo.Suo and a number of Oregonians contribute to the Frontline documentary, "The Meth Epidemic," airing Tuesday, February 14 at 9pm nationally on PBS stations.
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"Meth has made a steady march across the United States," said The Oregonian's Steve Suo."Right now you have Mexican methamphetamine flooding in through Atlanta, and from there [it] fans out both south and north."The discovery of meth labs in states from Maine to Florida foreshadows a new crisis on the East Coast: "They can expect to see increased car theft, increased identity theft, ... domestic violence, child neglect, drug overdoses and just a lot of mayhem," said Suo.
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Participants in the discussion include Steve Suo from The Oregonian, Rob Bovett of the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association (Newport), Bret King of the Multnomah County Sheriff's office and Jay Wurscher, State Alcohol and Drug Services coordinator.