So you think you'd know a Meth addict if you met one? 

On a beautiful November day in 2000, 18-year-old Cassie coached her little sister’s basketball team.  The girls returned home from practice two hours later – hot, tired and happy.   But Cassie didn’t feel well.  Her mother thought it was the last remnants of a nasty virus that seemed to be hanging on for weeks. Cassie had lost weight, she had a cough that wouldn't go away and she had dark circles under her eyes.  It was 19-days before a formal dance at high school, and Cassie needed to get well so she could really enjoy herself.

Cassie went into the bathroom and moments later, her mother and little sister heard a crash.  Cassie had passed out in the bathroom, her legs blocking the door.  Her mother, forcing open the door, saw Cassie was turning blue.

That was the start of a nightmare.  The honor student, the teen who was active in church, in sports and in her home town, went into sudden heart failure.  Then she slipped into a coma.  Cassie's family discovered she was a Meth user, and had been for a while.

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