Documentary aims to raise meth-use awareness

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., who has made combating the use of methamphetamine a priority, is producing a documentary on the effects of the deadly drug throughout the state’s 2nd Congressional District.

The goal is to raise awareness and let users know help is available.

Pearce is sending staffers throughout the district to interview inmates, former meth users and their families, law enforcement officers, judges and meth dealers, according to El Defensor Chieftain of Socorro.

The staffers were in Socorro last week to talk to inmates at the Socorro County Detention Center who are participating in an anti-meth program.

Pearce’s staffers are scheduled to complete the documentary in August, the newspaper reported, but still have to visit Alamogordo and Truth or Consequences, and the completion date may change.

Once the film is complete, Pearce will make it available on DVD, free of charge, to any educational, civic or religious group that wants to use it.

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