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>> no way. you just score heavier and heavier and heavier and heavier. >> what's the most you've ever seen? >> looked like a big block of ice. 18, 20 inches long and they were just chipping it away. >> investigator mike davis wants to infiltrate chicago's crystal meth traffic with the help of a cook county jail inmate. this confidential source, whom we're calling tango, is an admitted meth user and dealer. he's giving up his connections in return for consideration from prosecutors. >> this guy that got popped off, you said, earlier, if he's the main guy, who is out there, picking up where he l...

>> i did meth. and now this is my life. >> reporter: these harrowing meth ads helped drop teenage meth use in montana by 50%. sam prestige is a georgia teenager. >> i knew i was overweight. >> i could see how unhappy he was at school. >> i started being teased a lot. >> reporter: he said he is trying to eat better, change his life and avoid becoming a statistic in a commercial. steve osunsami, abc news. >> very important issue and polarizing one as you can see for clear reasons there. a lot of folks chiming in on facebook on this one. >> a lot of fans, viewers. >> they're not really fans. >> n...

Ice. 18, 20 inches long, and they were just shipping it away. >> mike davis wants to ill fill trait the crystal meth traffic with the help of after cook county jail inmate. this confidential source whom we're calling tango is a known meth user and dealer. he's giving up his connections in return for consideration from prosecutors. >> this guy that got popped off, you said, earlier, if he was the main guy, who's out there picking up where he left off? >> tango's agreed to identify big-time and small-time dealers in boystown, a predominantly gay neighborhood on the north side that also happens t...

You could go in and get a gram. they'll front the money, so it's whatever's easiest. >> with chicago's crystal meth traffic on the rise, investigator mike davis has recruited an informant from the city's number one hub of meth use, the gay community. >> you can't just do this. you have to coordinate this through davis, because they have to give you the money and know exactly when you're going in and coming out. >> but as long as this informant, whom we're calling tango, is in jail, he needs his boyfriend on the outside to set up targets for police. >> yeah. we're on our way. all right, be good...

You could go in and get a gram. they'll front the money, so it's whatever's easiest. >> with chicago's crystal meth traffic on the rise, investigator mike davis has recruited an informant from the city's number one hub of meth use, the gay community. >> you can't just do this. you have to coordinate this through davis, because they have to give you the money and know exactly when you're going in and coming out. >> but as long as this informant, whom we're calling tango, is in jail, he needs his boyfriend on the outside to set up targets for police. >> yeah. we're on our way. all right, be good...