Pubdate: Tue, 19 Feb 2002
Source: Herald, The (WA)
Copyright: 2002 The Daily Herald Co.
Contact:  http://www.heraldnet.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/190
Author: Vickie Alsbury
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

METH ADDICTION

Find A Way To Deal With Drug From Hell

I was so glad to see a front page article, on the Methamphetamine 
problem in our community. There is still a need for information. The 
public needs to be as informed as possible. What are some signs of 
meth use? How can you identify a "Meth House"? Most important, what 
are the police and the courts doing about this problem.

I have an adult daughter who is addicted to Meth, she has been 
arrested three times that I know of, and let go. The first time, they 
did not hold her because she refused to take a blood test. They found 
a hypodermic needle and a small bottle with traces of Meth in it, in 
her car. They towed her car, suspended her driver's license, which 
was already suspended, and as far as I know that was it! The other 
times, were similar to the first. So, she goes about her business, 
which is to get more drugs. I have been told that she steals whatever 
she can, and recently she was driving a stolen truck. I realize our 
jails are full, but it seems to me that if the meth addicts are dealt 
with, and the meth houses are closed, that would eliminate a lot of 
crime.

Meth is a drug straight from hell! It turns our loved ones into 
self-destructive criminals. There has to be a way to stop this 
epidemic.

VICKIE ALSBURY

Snohomish
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