Battling Meth Labs and Meth Mouth in Kentucky
January 4, 2008
Dentists in Kentucky and states across the country know first hand how much damage meth can do to a person’s teeth. Some stories that I’ve read, tell tales of meth addicts, whose teeth have actually broken off while eating ice cream.
“His teeth crooked and blackened, Justin Baker is the face of another reason for Kentucky’s oral hygiene problems: methamphetamine use. They just rotted,” Mr. Baker, 16, said about the damage done in less than a year of drug use.” Read more
Methlabs in America
Not a single thing meth is made from is illegal. Ingredients needed to make methamphetamine can be bought in stores in every neighborhood in America. Profits made by selling the drug are at an all-time high, which only adds to the problem.
