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Quit. >> it gave me nerve damage. it actually fries your brain. >> reporter: if you had kept going, how would you be? >> i would be dead. >> reporter: there is no friendliness with meth. that's why deputy burke keeps going night after night. >> i want to see people high on meth change their life and be productive. i think they want it as well. >> reporter: kyung lah joins me now. it is so clear from your reporting in california. is it most acute there? >> it just happens to be fresno. the sheriff's office had allowed us to see the very hard work na they do night after night, but it's not just ...

Years old when i started. >> reporter: who introduced it to you when you were 11? >> i'm going to say my mom did. >> reporter: your mom gave you meth? at age 55, he managed to quit. >> my legs will start spazzing and stuff like that from it. >> reporter: because of the meth? >> yeah, it gave me nerve damage. it fries your brain. >> reporter: if you kept going what would happen to you? >> i would be dead. >> reporter: there is no life saving antidote for meth overdoses. that's why deputy burk keeps pressing, night after night. >> i want to see somebody who is constantly high on methamphetamine ...

It comes to meth overdoses from rhode island, mississippi, north carolina, delaware, massachusetts, west virginia, virginia, alaska. all of these states are worse than what you just saw in that story. >> unbelievable. thank you for that reporting. starting using meth at 13 years old, at 11 years old. it's a crisis. thank you, so much, kyung. all right, everyone, we are now two hours into the supreme court oral arguments in the case that could overturn roe versus wade. you're looking at a live view outside the supreme court. "inside politics" with john king continues after this break.

Behavior. there's been a massive spike in deadly meth overdoses in the united states over the last year. cnn's kyung lah takes a closer look. >> reporter: fresno county sheriff's deputy on his typical graveyard shift. dig, away night after night. at a deadly national crisis. >> out of the road. we're trying to help you. >> something is causing her to panic and to be paranoid. >> reporter: that something is likely the drug law enforcement most often sees in the central california county. >> methamphetamine. when is the left time you used? >> very common for meth users that smoke it. this is als...

How you pronance it. do not pronounce it as nevada, people from nevada hate that. >> meth overdoses are surging in nevada. and you know what i said? you know what i said? i said when i came out here, i said, nobody says it the other way. it has to be nevada. and if you don't say it correctly, and it didn't happen to me, but it happened to a friend of mine, he was killed.