Meth is everywhere: One week of News Headlines
Meth in the news for the week of August 16 – 22, 2008
These are just a few of the hundreds of stories regarding meth in the news from the past week.
If you don’t think meth effects your area – think again. As you can see from these stories and other news stories found on this [...]
“Successful” People Use Meth too
I get pretty sick of hearing that only white trash, low lives & homeless people use meth. I want to ask these self-proclaimed critics: How do you think they got that way? Maybe at one time in their life they were “successful”; maybe they are human and made a mistake that led them into the [...]
Baby for sale for meth
The Salem Oregon edition of craigslist apparently listed a baby for sale for meth by a couple desperate to get high. Police were alerted and the post was deleted by craigslist yesterday.
The post reportedly said:
“The baby’s mother isn’t coming back” and “We are out of tweak and we will sell this baby for a $1,000.”
This [...]
For friends and family of a meth addict
Courtesy of the greater dallas council on alcohol & drug abuse — Do’s and Don’ts for the family and friends of a meth addict. This is such great advice; I truly believe that anyone who is affected by meth addiction because of a family member or friend should take this list of do’s and don’ts [...]
Britney Spears – Crystal Meth’s latest victim?
A report published in yesterday’s Sun claims Britney Spears is strung out on crystal meth.
The Sun cites an anonymous American newspaper when stating that Britney Spears had used meth while she was pregnant and that her driver had been spotted in a dark alley buying a baggie of dope from some shady looking guy… Well [...]
Meth addicts to blame for stolen art
Clatsop Oregon’s bronze Sacagawea statue had been missing for a week when they found it dismantled at a nearby scrap metal yard.
At the time the statue went missing, local newspapers were ablaze with headline’s such as this one from The Daily Astorian:
“Meth Heads Suspected in Statue Rip-Off“.
There was actually no suspect at the [...]
Scott Cheever: Meth Sentence
Scott Cheever’s meth induced rampage led to the death penalty in a sentence handed down this week by a judge in Kansas.
(photo courtesy of AP)
In January of 2005 Scott Cheever (who was only 23 years old at the time) was running a meth lab out of his home. One cold Kansas morning, sheriff’s deputies came [...]
Meth laced Ecstasy – Extreme Ecstasy
I’ve been hearing alot about this recently on forums and in the news. I suppose that’s because of a recent press release by Drug Czar John Walters. In the press release, Mr. Walters coined the phrase “Extreme Ecstasy” when he stated:
This ‘extreme ecstasy’ is a disturbing development in what has been one of the most [...]
Anhydrous ammonia season is in
If you live in a farming community or near a crop where anhydrous ammonia may be used used to fertilize the fields, this warning from the Monmouth Daily Review Atlas of Monmouth, Illinois will make sense. The theft of anhydrous ammonia to make meth has become much more commonplace in recent years and isn’t likely [...]
Principal found guilty of selling meth – at school.
People sometimes look at me with a blank stare when I try to explain to them that anyone can become addicted to meth. People from all walks of life are trying this “poor man’s coke” and even if they weren’t poor to begin with, they will be once they are using habitually. Meth’s grip on [...]
