VANNA -- A former methamphetamine user cringed and stroked her daughter's face as a Georgia sheriff told others about the horrors of using the drug. Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland, speaking to about 150 people at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Vanna, in Elbert County, talked for about 60 minutes, mixing humor and horror as he described the addiction and its consequences. Also speaking were other investigators and several former meth users. The program was part of an outreach effort by the sheriff to inform the community about the dangers and problem of meth.

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