The ice epidemic has touched tens of thousands of lives in Hawai'i. It has an impact on our families, our children, our schools, our crime rate, our prisons, our businesses. Our community has never faced a problem quite like this, and we are still searching for the right responses.

For this series, our focus is on our children growing up with crystal methamphetamine in the neighborhood, in the house and in the family. During the next year, The Advertiser will probe different aspects of the problem, and our responses to it.