Guide Note

Deputy Bret King of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office started the Faces of Meth, after seeing the physical consequences of meth addiction on inmates of the Multnomah County Jail.¹ The project publishes images showing the before and after photographs of people ravaged by methamphetamine.

The pictures in the Faces of Meth use scare tactics to educate the public on the horrors of methamphetamine and the ways that it can destroy the body.

Fast Facts

1. Date Launched: 2004
2. Location: Oregon
3. Founder: Deputy Bret King
4. Project of Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office
5. Uses scare tactics

Methamphetamine is a highly abused and controlled substance that has devastating effects on the body. The long list of side effects associated with meth include meth mouth, meth mites, paranoia, stroke, heart attack and addiction.