Back in 2002, we first met Commander Bob Pennal of the Fresno meth task force while doing a story on methamphetamine labs in the Central Valley. Then, California was the “source nation” for the drug. Four years later we talk again with Commander Pennal about what’s changed on the frontlines of the war against California’s meth epidemic in this first person account.
- Faces of Meth, before and after photos of meth users from the Multnomah County (Oregon) Sheriff’s Office.
- The Deadliest Drug, California Connected report on meth in the Central Valley
- “Potent Mexican Meth Floods In as States Curb Domestic Variety”, The New York Times
- Methamphetamine facts & figures, Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Decreased domestic methamphetamine production, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- Synthetic Drug Control Strategy: A Focus on Methamphetamine and Prescription Drug Abuse
- The Meth Epidemic, Frontline
- Central Valley California HIDTA, Office of National Drug Control Policy