Background
Meth wreaks havoc in the lives of those it touches… and it is wounding our society at a breakneck pace.
Meth’s combination of cheap/powerful/easily accessible makes everyone – from our friends to our children — remarkably vulnerable to coming into contact with this most addictive illegal drug.
- Your neighbor can make meth in her kitchen from easily obtainable legal ingredients.
- You friend can buy meth to maintain his habit at a relatively cheap price.
- Your child can have a less than 5% chance, once he’s tried it, of ever kicking it.
Even when teeth disintegrate and the “scratching of invisible bugs on the arms” gives way to open wounds, previously “normal” people remain addicted. Many die.
We hear from law enforcement around the country about how the former “party drug” can have a devastating effect on our communities – destroying families, putting children at risk of serious harm and neglect, contributing to death and suicide, and driving crime through the roof.
From small quiet towns to major metropolitan areas, across all economic segments from poor to rich, meth slashes a destructive path across our country.
