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| Amid recession, meth menace evolves |
| By msn.com |
| Published: 12/03/2009 |
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MIAMI CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Ind.— The life of David Goble, already a weathered man at the age of 27, chronicles the cost of methamphetamines in this area — both human and financial. The Goshen, Ind., native used drugs as a teen, but it was the powerful high of meth, which he started using heavily with coworkers at a local trailer factory, that drove him off the rails. High, and ever in the pursuit of the next high, Goble would stay awake for days on end, committing burglary to fund his habit, and for thrills. For most of the past decade, he has cycled in and out of jail and prison. When he was booked for the last time into Elkhart County Jail, he was strung out and emaciated. Now, Goble is in a program to get clean of meth and crime called CLIFF — in a cell block entirely devoted to meth addicts in this maximum security prison. “I really want to live a clean life to where I ain’t gotta get up and just get high or get up and feel like just going out and doing something stupid,” said Goble. Tears well up in his eyes next to the tears tattooed on his cheek bones, as he recalls a promise he made to his dying grandfather. “I decided I was gonna come (into the CLIFF program) and do what I could to better myself and hold a promise to him to be better and not come back.” Goble’s struggle is a small window into a costly national problem. Read More. |
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