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Page 14 of 15 Methamphetamine in Rural America In the last decade methamphetamine has spread steadily eastward across the United States and is increasingly showing up in rural areas. Mom and Pop meth labs in homes, apartments, trailers, motel rooms, and vehicles make it easy to make, to obtain, and affordable to a wide range of abusers. Hundreds of children have been taken from their parents and placed in foster care. Older public school students are already using the illegal drug. Meth addicts steal mail, ransack computer hard drives, and trade identity information for meth hits. Read more in these articles: . Mom and Pop meth labs in homes, apartments, trailers, motel rooms, and vehicles make it easy to make, to obtain, and affordable to a wide range of abusers. Older public school students are already using the illegal drug. . Read more in these articles: No More Crack Babies The “crack babies” have grown up and they don’t appreciate the name or the implications. Represent is an online newsletter for youth in foster care and the latest issue is all about the crack babies of the 1980’s and how they grew. Here’s a bit of what they have to say: The . is an online newsletter for youth in foster care and the latest issue is all about the crack babies of the 1980’s and how they grew. Here’s a bit of what they have to say: “Well, many teens who were once called “crack babies” are now all grown up and – surprise, surprise – we can do all the things they believed we wouldn’t be able to do. We can read and write, we can love and take care of ourselves, we can go to college and work. So it should come as no big shock that science has finally caught on to that fact. Being exposed in the womb, studies have found, isn’t as big a deal as everyone once said it was. In fact, it can be more damaging for a baby to be born prematurely, or for a mother to drink alcohol, or not get prenatal care for her baby. (The Myth of the ‘Crack Baby’) ++++++++++ Alcohol Policy Database – APIS (Alcohol Policy Information System) This new electronic resource provides authoritative, detailed and comparable information on alcohol-related policies in the US , at both State and Federal levels. APIA is a legislative tracking service and a collection of detailed analyses of selected alcohol-policy topics. Find here, for instance, information on state blood alcohol content standards for both adults and kids, laws on underage drinking and access to alcohol. ++++++++++ Portable Drug Test for Students Administrators at 23 high schools in Palm Beach County are being trained to use a new drug test as part of a free trial program that puts the drug detection kits in schools. The test works by rubbing a sticky paper on a student’s body or possessions. If various colors appear it means there is evidence of marijuana, heroin, Ecstasy, or other drugs. The results are said to be fast and accurate. When the test is positive, parents will be notified. No other action or prosecution will occur unless the drugs are found in a search. Administrators at 23 high schools in Palm Beach County are being trained to use . . If various colors appear it means there is evidence of marijuana, heroin, Ecstasy, or other drugs. The . When the test is positive, parents will be notified. No other action or prosecution will occur unless the drugs are found in a search. ++++++++++ Physicians and Scientists Urge the Media to Stop Perpetuating the “Crack Baby” Myth On February 25, 2004 thirty leading medical doctors, scientists and psychological researchers released a public letter calling on the media to stop the use of terms like “crack baby” and “crack addicted baby.” On February 25, 2004 thirty leading medical doctors, scientists and psychological researchers The scientists said, “Despite the lack of a medical or scientific basis for the use of these pejorative and stigmatizing labels, they have been repeatedly used in the popular media, in a wide variety of contexts and across the country.” You can read the complete text of the letter at the link to JoinTogether.org above. ++++++++++
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