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  • In rural areas of the Big Island, being a heroin addict can be hard, with the drug often is short supply. Addicts Jack and Phoenix live with their two dogs and a cat, in their beat up car. Life for them consists of finding money for dope, scoring dope, shooting up and finding somewhere to park up and sleep for the night. When theyre high, Hawaii can seem like paradise, but when theyre craving heroin, it feels like hell.
  • Brent Neal & Michael Doyle Ruggles, medical marijuana growers. Under Hawaiian state law, marijuana can be grown with a legitimate medical permit and grower Mike thinks weed is solution to Hawaiis meth problem.
  • Michael Doyle Ruggles, a medical marijuana grower in Hawaii, trimming buds. Hawaii imports all of its drugs except marijuana. The State has a reputation for producing some of the strongest outdoor marijuana in America.
  • Hawaii, an island paradise with the highest rate of crystal methamphetamine abuse in the United States. Trafficking drugs to the 50th state, dealers demand sky-high prices from addicts. Stevie, a middle class meth addict battles with addiction that threatens to break up his family.
  • 24-year-old Stevie has only been using ice for a few months, but hes already addicted and recently tried to commit suicide. He lives at home with parents in one of Oahus middle class neighborhoods. His mother Gail, is scared of loosing him to jail or overdose. After stealing his moms car to go score, the family forces Stevie into rehab, where he battles addiction and psychological problems in an attempt to stop using the drug.
  • Combating Hawaiis vicious cycle of drugs and crime with tough love, is Judge Steve Alm. Hes pioneered a radical new form of probation called HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement), that keeps probationers off drugs and out of court. With weekly random drugs tests and jail, if probationers test positive, Judge Alms probation is helping to fight the war on drugs and save the state millions of dollars.

  • Heroin Users

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    In rural areas of the Big Island, being a heroin addict can be hard, with the drug often is short supply. Addicts Jack and Phoenix live with their two dogs and a cat, in their beat up car. Life for them consists of finding money for dope, scoring dope, shooting up and finding somewhere to park up and sleep for the night.  When they’re high, Hawaii can seem like paradise, but when they’re craving heroin, it feels like hell.

  • Hawaiian Growers

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Brent Neal & Michael Doyle Ruggles, medical marijuana growers. Under Hawaiian state law, marijuana can be grown with a legitimate medical permit and grower Mike thinks weed is solution to Hawaii’s meth problem.

  • Trimming Buds

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Michael Doyle Ruggles, a medical marijuana grower in Hawaii, trimming buds. Hawaii imports all of its drugs except marijuana. The State has a reputation for producing some of the strongest outdoor marijuana in America. 

  • Stevie, Crystal Meth User

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Hawaii, an island paradise with the highest rate of crystal methamphetamine abuse in the United States. Trafficking drugs to the 50th state, dealers demand sky-high prices from addicts. Stevie, a middle class meth addict battles with addiction that threatens to break up his family.

  • About to Smoke

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    24-year-old Stevie has only been using ice for a few months, but he’s already addicted and recently tried to commit suicide. He lives at home with parents in one of Oahu’s middle class neighborhoods. His mother Gail, is scared of loosing him to jail or overdose. After stealing his mom’s car to go score, the family forces Stevie into rehab, where he battles addiction and psychological problems in an attempt to stop using the drug.

  • Judge Steven Alm, Founder of HOPE

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels

    Combating Hawaii’s vicious cycle of drugs and crime with tough love, is Judge Steve Alm. He’s pioneered a radical new form of probation called HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement), that keeps probationers off drugs and out of court. With weekly random drugs tests and jail, if probationers test positive, Judge Alm’s probation is helping to fight the war on drugs and save the state millions of dollars.

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Gia Wong
Gia Wong

Interesting photo here, hmm, healthy looking man and woman & their pets hanging around their live in car....that's not kool, that is not some innocent hippie couple....its some people who moved to the island of HAWAII and they are not an asset to society  ..... Not a thing glamorous or exotic about drugs and the abusers, they rob society of decency and crime rates soar until none of us feels safe.... have you ever taken care of a crack baby ?