Let's talk about what's going on around the county in regard to meth - good and bad.
The recent mobile meth lab explosion in Syracuse was certainly a highlight on the "bad" list. Wow, a car on fire right on Main Street, near the church, near the school, near the downtown. An hour later and school kids would have been all over those sidewalks. Anyone who's not alarmed by this needs to wake up and take a look around them. A close look.
The recent MAMA support group story in the newspaper highlighted a family's story about meth use by their son. Meth knows no boundaries. It does not discriminate. It affects people from all walks of life. And indirectly, it affects everyone. EVERYONE. The costs, the clean-ups, the affected children, thefts. Arrests continue for meth in ours and surrounding counties.
What's on the good list? All of the recent efforts to highlight this problem and address it. The Kosciusko County Drug Task Force has been battling the problem for a long time - now maybe there will be some legislation to back them up. Have any of you ever heard the line in the Eagles song, "Take it Easy," that "we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have the key?"
We have the key, people!
So what else is happening out there? Good or bad? Anyone?
Meth explosion in Whitley County killed a 24-year-old girl last night. Glass in her neck and throat. Very sad.
ReplyDeleteHow much more does it take before we see the light. METH IS KILLING OUR COMMUNITY
ReplyDeleteI for one would be fine with needing a prescription to get sudafed it would elimnate atleast this one ingredigent from this awful recipe
ReplyDeletebut I know that there will sure to be a new way to make this poison when are there going to be tougher punshiments for the damage this drug causes to our children to our homes and to our community I am sick and tired of reading the same names in the paper over and over again the girl in the explosion in Syracuse was a repeat offender and I am sure she will be again when will this end I am raising a teenager I teach him about these things and tell him the awful effects of this and other drugs but for the years I spend teaching his the awful side there are many our there glorifying how great this drug is
I am tired of reading about the explosions the path of destruction this drug leaves in it's wake how do we end this how do we fight it when there is a lab turned in and the person goesto jail then gets right back out and does it repeatedly how do we fght that where is our judicial system in this our kids are with out parents Nd homes how much more can we take? We cN have Ll the workshops we want until the laws toughen up it will not make much of a difference
The way we can fight this is to get the law changed! One reason for the workshops are to enlighten and inform everyone about meth, but also give people the info they need to help! You can help by also sharing your comments above with our legislators. They need to be flooded with calls! It's the only way they will change the law. If the people are silent, they will focus on other things.
ReplyDeleteThere are other types of this drug that can be made with out the Sudafed. There is a form of Claratin that works. Matches can give a cook the phosphorus base to make drugs. There are so many different things that can be used to make these dangerous drugs. The law will reduce the manufacturing of meth but once people realize what else can be used it will increase again. The recipes are available online. If this was removed, maybe the recipes would not be known. It is basic chemistry. Longer sentences for meth associated crimes and intervention are the keys to solving this problem. The more that people talk, the more paranoid the heads are and the less they do. If a cook is watching all his clients and friends on the television going to jail, the less he cooks. This puts a huge dent in the meth problem. Cooks need to be prosecuted to the very max and receive a double sentence if found teaching someone else to cook. These chemicals are killing our young adults and their children are suffering for it.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous there are 3 different type of methamphetamine 2 of them are very complex and hard to make been around since the late 50's very expensive and not even close to the one we have now in terms of the human toll. Lets talk about the one that we have now. There is only one type of pseudoephedrine that can be used to make this meth, and that is pseudoephedrine HCI and this is because of the molicular structure of the drug nothing else will work. I will see about getting the diagram posted here to show why that is. There is a lot of rumor floating around the internet about how to make methamphetamine, the fact is all of the processes that you read about will make something most of the time it is a posion and will kill the user from the first use. As far as Phosphorus it must be red phosphorus and that process still has to have PSEUDOEPHEDRINE HCI to make meth. Prison does not scare meth cooks or users they are living in a place far worse than prison once the drug has them in its grip. If we Schedule Pseudoephedrine HCI then this drug will be very hard to manufacture in Indiana. We are on the edge of history 2 other states have done this already and are seeing great results and we will too. If you are looking for ways to make meth stop and seek help before it has you.
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