Pubdate: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 Source: Columbian, The (WA) Copyright: 2007 The Columbian Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.columbian.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/92 Author: Janice Astengo PUNISH MORE SEVERELY I feel that the laws should be changed for people who are selling and making meth. They should be charged with first-degree murder. It is the same as if a person was given arsenic, it affects the same as poison. It destroys the lives of families. Mothers are, in essence, giving up on their children for a bag of meth. The grandparents and the foster system are having to raise these children. The mothers who are using meth during pregnancy are harming and killing their babies. The people cooking meth, even a first-time offender, should be charged with first-degree murder and that would help end this production as a way of getting rich. I have called the legislators continuously for five months. Even though they say they will call back, I have yet to receive one. Janice Astengo Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman