CHILDREN: THE QUIET VICTIMS OF ADDICTION | napavalleyregister.com

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methbottle.jpgBy: Alisha Wyman

It's hardly a child's playground.

Dishes piled up. Overflowing toilets. Piles of dirty clothing.

Cockroaches. Maggots. Rodents. Pet waste. Trash scattered throughout the home.

Yet this is a scene drug agents encounter again and again in the most serious cases of drug abuse as they attempt to root out methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana production from Napa County, said Kenneth Stevenson, a deputy probation officer assigned to the county's Special Investigations Bureau drug task force.

During a majority of drug raids, children are present, sleeping on couches or in sleeping bags because their rooms are overflowing with filth. Or they are playing among the meth pipes and spoons painted with traces of the drug, Stevenson said.

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