IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- Earlier this week, 11 people accused of meth trafficking were indicted on drug charges, raising concern that the drug is a growing problem in our area.

Those who are working to put an end to that problem do have some good news.

While police are busy making a dent in the meth supply, there are also some factors at work that have cut back on demand for the drug.

It often begins with a traffic stop.

"Our troopers, as well as local law enforcement agencies, are really out in full force looking for that criminal activity, whether it's a DUI driver, whether it's a drug trafficker," said Lt. Chris Weadick of the Idaho State Police. "We're still seeing a significant amount of drugs being trafficked."

Then, the traffic stop turns into something much more serious.

"[Drugs are] coming from large methamphetamine producers. They're taken to their various distributors," said Weadick.

It's not a surprise meth is a problem, but it's less expected to hear it's much less of a problem than it was in past years. That's largely due to increased efforts by law enforcement, along with graphic ads put out by the Idaho Meth Project.

Idaho is one of eight states participating. Since the project's inception here in 2008, a 52 percent decline was reported in teen meth use.

"A decline not only in teen meth use, but an increase in the number of teens that say the ads have made them less likely to try or use meth," said Gina Heideman, executive director of the Idaho Meth Project.

It's not that supply has decreased. Rather, demand has.

"You'll see it in the news articles out there and there's reports from the National Department of Justice saying that meth purity and meth supply is at an all time high within the past year," Heideman said. "And that's predominantly coming from Mexico."

It doesn't hurt to cut off supply, either.

"We're gonna seize the drugs. We're gonna seize their money. We're seizing vehicles and property and we're locking them up," Weadick said.

Aside from the physical consequences, getting caught with meth could land an offender in prison for seven years and come with a $15,000 fine.