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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n152/a04.html
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Pubdate: Sun, 28 Feb 2010
Source: Clarion-Ledger, The (Jackson, MS)
Copyright: 2010 The Clarion-Ledger
Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/cHy7vhe4
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/805
Author: Mary Ann McKenzie

BAN INGREDIENTS FOR METH, HELP CHILDREN

This is from my heart to yours, concerning the meth problem in our state. 

Some people are all riled up over the "inconvenience" of having to get a prescription for ephedrine and pseudoephedrine after the passage of a new law to make it harder for meth manufacturers to get the main ingredients to enable them to make their "life-changing" drugs. 

Let me mention some of the lives that are changed: innocent children who matter less to these meth addicts than the meth itself and their next fix; children who have to sleep in tents in the freezing cold because the "grown-ups" are in the house tending their meth labs; or children in the back room sleeping on the floor with the dogs to keep warm, or the children who get burned and scarred for life, others who are burned to death.  And let us not forget the precious newborn babies born into drug addiction.  They also suffer from withdrawals, seizures and bad headaches and some even die. 

Do you think these children are inconvenienced? Where does their help come from? They are at the mercy of the court system.  It is time for drug addicts to be responsible for their actions.  They know what they are doing to their children and do it anyway. 

I pray that judges will stop putting these children back into these repeat meth offenders' homes.  The cycle needs to be broken! There are thousands of childless couples who would adopt these children and give them a home with love and security just like God intended them to have. 

Until recently, I didn't know anything about crystal meth.  Now I know more than I want to.  I urge the people of authority to have a "no tolerance" policy on drugs just like they do in the school system.  And I urge the people who are not in authority to pray for those who are.  They have a tough job.  We will all stand before God one day and I assure you that He has a "no tolerance" policy against those who mistreat His precious children.  Life is full of all kinds of inconveniences, but we need to be the voice of the ones who are inconvenienced the most - our precious children.  My hope is that God will find us faithful. 

Mary Ann McKenzie


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