The video combines first person accounts from methamphetamine abusers and interviews with medical and law enforcement professionals to convey a powerful message to students. A young former methamphetamine addict recounts his harrowing personal story.

Thinking he was merely experimenting, he quickly became addicted—not just to methamphetamine but to the inevitable downward spiraling lifestyle as well. Viewers of the documentary witness the lingering and debilitating long-term impact of the drug on the youth, despite his escape from addiction. A DEA Special Agent outlines the grim, violent existence of the typical methamphetamine abuser whose likely ultimate future is imprisonment. Inmates from Louisiana’s Angola State Prison reinforce his message through their sobering individual stories of addiction and its impact on their lives.

An emergency room doctor confronts teenage viewers with the hard medical facts and serious consequences, including irreversible brain damage, which come from using this lethal drug. Students will learn that meth is a scary drug, that its abuse is an epidemic afflicting both urban and rural communities nationwide, and that extreme dangers and environmental hazards accompany its use and production.