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HERE ARE SOME GREAT SITES FROM
AROUND THE NATION AS WELL AS
INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL SOURCES.
The following resources available for purchase were among those recommended during
the SAMHSA webcast "Methamphetamine Prevention: What Your Community Can Do."  
("Target Meth" above was also mentioned.)

http://www.orpartnership.org/web/tacklingmeth.asp
Oregon Meth Prevention Kit provided by the Oregon Partnership, entitled "Tackling Meth." The
toolkit includes the Community Education Tool, a slide library of PowerPoint masters,
allowing the customization of slides. It also provides the Community Action Guide with
specific community mobilization strategies to combat meth. This kit sells for $199 (quantity d

Hazelden.org or call 1-800-328-9000.
"Meth: Our Nation's Crisis, Toolkit for Change" by Hazelden Publishing and Educational
Services. This kit includes community action guides, CD's and reproducible materials.
http://www.accbo.com/asfavideo/
The link below is a resource video available on VHS or DVD for $21.95 (including S/H) from
the Oregon Department of Human Services, designed as motivational enhancement
specifically for parents whose children have entered the child welfare system. The video
features recovering parents who had lost their children to child welfare but ultimately
regained custody through treatment and recovery.
KCI  The Anti-Meth Site
Formerly the Koch Crime Institute
Fast Facts About Meth,Cleaning up labs,Letters and stories and more.
TheAntiDrug.com was created by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to equip
parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids. Working
with the nation's leading experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention,
TheAntiDrug.com serves as a drug prevention information center, and a supportive
community for parents to interact and learn from each other.
A project of Bucks County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.
This newspaper from Oregon devotes a large amount of attention to the Meth problem
across the nation.
Drug Rehab Centers
The NWI Times featured the following story addressing Walgreens' new national
electronic database equipped to track sales of pseudoephedrine at its stores throughout
the country.

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2006/07/03/news/illiana/541537b1ac72df5586257
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C.A.M. has a VHS tape of this program
that they offer for viewing.
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PBS Frontline's Program
"METH EPIDEMIC"
Click on these Links
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For those of you who were unable to view or record
FRONTLINE's airing of  "The Meth Epidemic" , you may
stream the program online via the following link. It was
an excellent, comprehensive, well-done program and
well worth your time to view it.   Most of the knowledge
was gained from the Oregonian newspaper in
Portland. Their excellent investigative reporter, Steve
Suo, has been working this problem on the west coast
for years and has global knowledge of the drug."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/view/

The program is also available for purchase on VHS or
DVD via this link:

http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=21
92937&clickid=main_featured_viewProduct

There is additional information on meth, discussed in
the above video, that can be accessed at
http://www.pbs.org.
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To Report Suspicious
Activity
Call These Numbers

Bradford County:  
Sheriff  265-1701  
State Police  265-2186
Toll Free 1-877-947-3784

Sullivan County:
State Police  570-946-4610

--  OR  --
Your Local in-town Police
This story is complete.

Addiction, Depression Hit
Soldiers Months After Returning
from Combat
November 14, 2007

Soldiers returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan report worse symptoms of
addiction and depression months after
they leave the combat zone than when
they initially get home, the New York
Daily News reported Nov. 13.

Initial screening tests conducted by the
Army on returning troops found that 17
percent had signs of post-traumatic
stress disorder, depression, and
interpersonal conflict. But when
researchers screened troops again six
months later, about a third of the 88,235
soldiers studied reported problems.

About 12 percent of active-duty soldiers
and 15 percent of reservists had signs of
alcoholism six months after returning
from combat, but few were referred to
treatment. "It's not unusual for a soldier's
body to be revved up after returning from
war, so it's not unusual to self-medicate
with alcohol," said study author Charles
Milliken of the Walter Reed Army
Institute of Research. "The referral rate
is too low right now."

"With some problems, such as
relationships or if somebody lost a buddy
over there, it may be that they're busy
enough in combat that they have no time
to dwell on it much," said Milliken. "But
now that they're back home, some of
those things start to be on their mind
more."

The study was published in the Nov. 14,
2007 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association.


Reference:
Milliken, CS, Auchterlonie, JL, Hoge,
CW. (2007) Longitudinal Assessment of
Mental Health Problems Among Active
and Reserve Component Soldiers
Returning From the Iraq War. JAMA.,
298(18): 2141-2148.
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This article from Penn Live discusses
a couple from the Lehigh Valley who
were arrested  for selling
methamphetamine as well as other drugs.
http://www.pennlive.com/lehighvalley
/index.ssf/2007/07/drug_charges_adv
ance_against_f.html

This article appeared in the Bucks
County Courier Times regarding a
dermatologist in Bucks County who was
arrested for dealing prescription
painkillers, which authorities believe was
in an effort to support his crystal meth
addiction.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/ne
ws/111-06082007-1359909.html


From the Lincoln Courier, four
individuals comprising a meth marketing
ring were arrested for shipping crystal
meth into various states, including PA. A
Florida based trucker served as the
delivery system.
http://www.lincolncourier.com/story.a
sp?SID=5969&SEC=8


Mexican Drug War Spreads to
YouTube
Warring factions in Mexico's bloody drug
war are trading insults and warnings in
violent videos posted online at YouTube.

Community Hospitals Hit Hard by
Addiction, Mental Illness
A new federal study finds that about one
in four adults admitted to community
hospitals have a mental-health or
addiction diagnosis.


Pain Meds Reformulated to Prevent
Addiction
With addiction to prescription painkillers
rising sharply, some drug makers are
looking for ways to deliver effective pain
relief with less risk of dependence.
http://members.jointogether.org/ct/NpSWHPF1
tXPl/


Pharmaceutical Users Flooding
Emergency Rooms, Report Says
Visits to emergency rooms arising from
nonmedical use of prescription and
over-the-counter drugs rose 21 percent
between 2004 and 2005, according to a
new report from the federal Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration.
Pharmaceutical Users Flooding
Emergency Rooms, Report Says
Visits to emergency rooms arising from
nonmedical use of prescription and
over-the-counter drugs rose 21 percent
between 2004 and 2005, according to a
new report from the federal Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration.
http://members.jointogether.org/ct/s7SWHPF1
emQ7/
Community Against Methamphetamine
Community Links
Listed here are three web addresses to listings of rehab locations across the  U. S.
"Meth Abuse a Smoldering Crisis" is a good article located here.

For Current News
on Meth and other drug
addiction problems check
these links:

Click on the Headlines and URL's of the
Links below for full story.
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Targetmeth.com
Here is a website by Southern Oregon Public Television's Target Meth Project, which
includes an online community action guide for fighting meth, PowerPoint presentations,
public service announcements and other helpful resources, free of charge. When clicking
on the PowerPoint link, please be patient;  it may take some time to download.