HEADLINES
Sheriff Gobble: Meth Labs In Bradley County Are Down Jan. 14, 2010 12:53 pm The Chattanoogan TN
Methamphetamine is a highly addictive illegal drug that affects the central nervous system. Symptoms include dilated pupils, sweating, dry mouth, flushed skin and tremors... Read full story...
Illinois State Police find portable meth lab sitting next to baby in vehicle Jan. 14, 2010 Quincy Herald Whig IL
An Ursa man was arrested Wednesday in Quincy after Illinois State Police troopers said they found a mobile methamphetamine lab and a small child in his vehicle during a routine stop... Read full story...
Breaking News! Meth Still Deadly Jan. 14, 2010 3:32 pm Culture Buzz MT
The campaign is called "Meth Not Even Once" and features spooky narratives from people who passively watched their friends spiral into Meth-laced disaster... Read full story...
Montana Meth Wants You to Say Something Jan. 14, 2010 8:39 am Adrants MT
With four new commercial which, as past campaigns have, illustrate the not so pleasant effects of methamphetamine, the Montana Meth Projects asks kids to say something when their friends say they are going to try meth... Read full story...
More cases of kids exposed to drugs pop up Jan. 14, 2010 4:25 am WAFB.com LA
Two parents were arrested Monday night for allegedly making meth in front of their four children. The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported finding kids in alleged drug homes happens more often than they would like... Read full story...
Addiction In The Heartland Jan. 14, 2010 2:17 pm The Daily Dish USA
As someone who grew up in a small town in rural Illinois where meth is a big problem, I'm glad that you're focusing on it lately in the Dish. But I would say to be careful in linking the social problems of rural America to "Christianism."... Read full story...
Dissent Of The Day Jan. 14, 2010 5:22 pm The Daily Dish USA
I really appreciated your piece (and harrowing photo) about the problem of crystal meth in America. It is a mainly white, rural horror that is destroying working-class families and towns yet the GOP and "tough on drugs" moralists still demonize all drug use as a black or gay inner-city problem that occasionally seeps into suburbia... Read full story...
Access To Recovery
Access to Recovery (ATR) is a three year competitive discretionary grant program funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). ATR is an initiative which provides vouchers to clients for purchase of substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support services. The goals of the program are to expand capacity, support client choice, and increase the array of faith-based and community based providers for clinical treatment and recovery support services. In 2007, twenty four grantees were awarded an ATR grant after a competitive application process. The program is funded at approximately $98 million per year of which $25 million is set aside to be used to deliver services to individuals with a background of methamphetamine use. For more information please visit www.atr.samhsa.gov.
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