'Meth is OUR problem'
Over the past month, a Clovis, New Mexico, paper published an exellent series about the methamphetamine crisis.
Now in a follow-up opinion piece, the author of that series has shared her emotions about the experience of writing those articles and her compassion for the families of meth addicts that she met. Especially the mothers.
It touched my heart. But then, it's a subject I know well.
Helena Rodriguez has done a wonderful job of shedding light on this darkly disturbing problem. But she found not many people are willing to talk about it.
Has that been your experience? And I wonder, is that true of other drug problems? Heroin, cocaine, oxycontin. Are people more willing to talk about these drug problems and if so, why is that?
I believe that meth is the biggest problem drug our country faces today, and its effects are going to be felt in generations to come. Let's talk more and DO more to eradicate this insidious drug!
http://www.cnjonline.com/opinion/meth_22323___article.html/people_problem.html
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2 comments:
While I would not agree that meth is the biggest drug problem America is facing, I am horrified at the relative speed which this drugs debilitates an addict and destroys their health and life.
Meth, alcohol, heroin, and prescription drug abuse all have in common the fact that they steal our loved ones from us and replace them with diseased alcoholics and addicts. It is so easy to lose them, but ever so hard to get them back.
God speed Alene and to your son we wish the best.
Thank you for your thoughtful comments. You're right, in terms of the broadest drug problem we face, alcohol would have to be the one. It's my son's other drug of choice, we've discussed that. But alcohol doesn't seem to bring with it the risky, crazy and sometimes violent behavior that's attributed to methamphetamine. Maybe that's because it damages the brain more quickly than alcohol does. (Does it?) Thanks too for understanding.
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