New York teen speaks about meth useThe voice wafting over the airwaves is identified only as Jen, 15.
In the flat tone of someone who's seen it all and hated every minute, Jen describes first using crystal meth as an 11-year-old.
Later, while using, Jen got raped, but she didn't report it, didn't even seem to care. After all, her rapist provided her with more drugs.
"That's when I started selling my body for meth," Jen says. "I don't know anyone who's quit using meth after they tried it a couple times, or just once."
It's a theme that's repeated, again and again, in the radio and television advertisements from the Montana Meth Project. Don't do it once, or you'll get hooked.
Each ad's tag line drives the point home: "Meth: Not even once."
http://www.drug-rehabs.org/con.php?cid=3623&state=New%20YorkChildren and Teenagers should not have easy access to meth. Meth not only hurts the people using but directly effects their families and children involved.
Millions of children are effected by meth. They are physically, emotionally and psychologically damaged because of it.
Meth can cause permanent damage to individuals and this effects our society in a big way!
The less people that use Meth, the better our society will become.
Category: Health - Addiction and Substance Abuse
Description: Meth has become an epidemic and is continuously effecting and destroying lives. Our mission is not only to stop meth and help those addiction, but to also inform and educate this country about how much of an epidemic this truly is and how it effects not only the users but also the families and children involved.
Tags: Meth, Tweak, Tweakers, Epidemic, Drugs, Ice, Crystal, Substance Abuse, Crank, Stop, Against, Anti, Drug, Addiction, overdose.
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/76420?fb_page_id=9703786665&Meth Use On The Rise Among TeensSpeed replacing weed as drug of choice in some areas of the country.By Brandee J. Tecson
Teen methamphetamine use is rising — especially among young people in the Midwestern and Eastern states — and could even be replacing marijuana as the drug of choice in some regions of the country, according to an Associated Press report released last week.
Statistics show methamphetamine use among teens has been level for the last few years, but experts told the AP that the numbers can be deceiving since the drug spreads in "pockets," leaving some populations untouched, while others will be completely ravaged by its effects.
Meth, also known as "speed," "crystal" and "chalk," is one of the most addictive illegal substances, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Called "the poor man's cocaine," it is cheaper to produce than coke and creates a high that can last up to eight hours. The drug, which releases high levels of dopamine into the brain, acts as a mood enhancer and provides the user with a false sense of ecstasy and control.
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