Pubdate: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 Source: Indiana Statesman (IN Edu) Email: http://www.indianastatesman.com Feedback: http://www.indianastatesman.com/submit/ Address: Hulman Memorial Student Union 716, 550 Chestnut St, Terre Haute, IN 47809 Fax: 812-237-7629 Copyright: 2006 Indiana Statesman Author: Kimberly McCurrey Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) LIBRARY LECTURE TO ADDRESS METH ISU's New Town And Gown Lecture Series To Address Meth Use In Wabash Valley Today Indiana State University is bringing speakers from the Terre Haute community together to present their views on the methamphetamine problem in Terre Haute and the United States. As part of the Cunningham Memorial Library's new Town and Gown lecture series, "Meth Valley: Why here? Why now?" will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Cunningham Memorial Library in the first floor Browsing Area, said Steve Hardin, chair of the lecture and ISU reference and instructional librarian. The speakers will include Robert Huckabee, professor of criminology at ISU; Sgt. Joe Watts of the Indiana State Police Department; and Deb Hodson, drug abuse counselor from the Hamilton Center in Terre Haute. Huckabee said, "I plan to present some general information about methamphetamine, placing the meth situation here in Vigo county and Indiana in the context of the U.S. as a whole." "In terms of 'why meth'," Huckabee said, "it's cheap and easy to make .. anyone can make it, although tobacco and alcohol are still the preferred drugs nationwide, including ISU students." Huckabee said, "There is no especially reliable data on how many people or who uses meth, only indirect measures such as hospital admissions and arrests, and at best, self-reports on surveys." In addition to his "why meth, why now" presentation, Huckabee will also have a discussion about drug offenders, Hardin said. He said along with Huckabee's presentation, Watts will present on drug rehabilitation and law enforcement and Hodson will focus on the impact methamphetamine has on users and the people around them. Each speaker will have about 20 minutes to give a presentation, with a question-and-answer session afterwards, Hardin said. Huckabee also said, "Meth produces an exaggerated 'high' that is said to have no comparison, and is extremely addictive." "I cannot say whether or not it affects ISU students-no doubt some are using and won't be students much longer." - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman