Laborers warned about meth trade dangers (AP)

MERCED, Calif. - Fotonovelas — pocket-sized picture books popular in Mexico — have gotten a California makeover that authorities hope persuades immigrant laborers to resist the easy-money temptation of the methamphetamine trade. Thousands in the meth-plagued Central Valley have read the bilingual graphic-novel story of Jose, a farmworker who creates tragedy for his family by working for a drug ring. "No Vale La Pena," or "It's Not Worth It," has inspired a Spanish-language docudrama, ...