American Meth

The first thing that stood out was the credit "A Justin Hunt Project".

... Oh really, now.

Well maybe that other commenter was correct, and this -is- a school "project". A really bad one.

Basically it's yet another misinformed drug documentary that doesn't really say anything new. Meth is bad. No, really?

Lots of typos, and bad information, and restating the same thing over and over and over again: -The before and after pictures. -The shocking testimony of the addicts and the LEOs. -The awful chemicals used in production.

The latter always kind of amuses me. Chemistry isn't pretty. The components used for production aren't consumed, ffs! Chemistry is reaction and extraction. It's not like baking a cake Do people really think that Prilosec is made with flour and brown sugar?

I found this title on Hulu and not knowing much about meth and missing Val Kilmer, I decided to give it a try. It's not a documentary I can suggest for everyone, but there is definitely a crowd out there for it and for reasons that aren't portrayed in the description. Yes this is about meth, for the first half of the movie. The second half is a realistic view of what life is like struggling at the bottom. It's not pretty and it's cliché at times, but fascinating none the less. This isn't on par with a Ken Burns documentary or even anything made above the college level. But it has a deep realism to it that's lacking in today's society. It's almost sad that true reality is a thing to be appreciated, but in a culture made for ratings, it's something that comes as a surprise. This isn't really a surprise to everyone either, but it's an insight to the daily life of living in a trailer park or just the constant struggle to keep afloat that thousands of people go through every day.

I enjoyed watching this documentary! I am writing an article about methamphetamine and found the information it provides very useful in illustrating how much of an impact the methamphetamine epidemic has had all over the United States. The statistics and statements presented do paint an accurate picture of the drug's use and its wide ranging devastation... in the 1990s and early 2000s. I would urge the production crew to provide an updated sequel, perhaps with follow up interviews of subjects they talked to in the first movie. There are significant changes in the way the methamphetamine addiction is handled by our criminal justice and child welfare systems, and in the formulary of methamphetamine and amphetamine available in our country. Another great source of information about this topic is a book called Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding. The book follows several addicts and shares the details of their lives, and also provides a detailed account of the societal and political events that fueled the flames and failed to prevent the epidemic.

Please consider an update on James and holly and the family. I noticed others wanting an update too. The family's life caught perfectly the single wide trailer life of poverty and meth mixed in. The camerapersons way of showing the kids life and the good and bad was so fair and not biased. Learning about the faces of death project and how that was unfunded was important to discuss also. Watching the dealers and neighbors literally heckle them as they try to better their lives shows how disgusting methlife community is. It is a falsehood how druggie think these people care about them. It's always about money. An update on James and holly and their boys would make a great addition or part 2 of this family. 18 years is long enough. The children are adults now.

Unlike any other documentary I have ever seen. American Meth tells the story of just a few of the innumerable victims of methamphetamine. A prisoner, three members of a revolutionary drug treatment program and a family of six as well as various interviews with other young users. This movie provides a heartbreaking look into a drug epidemic that has caught on in plague-like in manner. Children go unloved and uncared for. Family members neglected and naive teens who ignore all the warnings and dive headfirst into a world of shattered dreams and broken teeth because there's "nothing better to do".

I was on the edge of tears throughout most of the interviews of 29 year old James and 26 year old Holly, both meth addicts and parents of four children ranging form age 8 to 2 years old.

The toll crystal meth has taken on rural America is devastating and surreal as American Meth tells. This doc paints a simple and unpleasant picture of the problem, as well as a half dozen solutions.