LET’S TRACK THE SUDAFED
This article is particularly relevant to those who live in Georgia. Right now there is a bill that has been presented to the Georgia legislature that would track the purchase of Sudafed, a key drug used in making methamphetamine. Right now, in Georgia the tracking system is poor, being reliant on pharmacist notes without computer tracking with other pharmacies. This point was brought home when a local TV station went undercover and bought enough Sudafed to make 1000 pounds of methamphetamine in one day. The current tracking system did nothing to deter their purchasse.
With controls on Sudafed purchases, the occurrence of methamphetamine labs is likely to be less, therefore keeping more children safe from the dangers of meth labs.
Additionally methamphetamine addicts might seek drug treatment, if the supply runs low.
It makes a lot of sense to track the purchase of Sudafed and really no sense not to. There are more searches on simple ways to make methamphetamine than on how to stop using the drugs.
Let’s make it hard to make this drug a let’s keep our kids safe.
For those who are already addicted to methamphetamine, let’s get them into drug treatment. Narconon 877-413-3073
Social workers are seeing a growing number of children suffering the toxic effects of fumes emitted from home-based methamphetamine labs, the New York Times reported Feb. 23.
In North Carolina, for instance, a teacher noticed that two sisters came to school every day with headaches, colds, and coughs. Police had discovered that the young girls slept right next to a space where their mother and her boyfriend cooked methamphetamine.
Throughout the East Coast in the past few years, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has seen an increase in the number of young children who suffer from methamphetamine contamination.
Authorities said the health risks faced by the children are just as dangerous as those who actually use the drug.
The National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colo., which specializes in respiratory illnesses, conducted research that found that poisonous chemicals released in the methamphetamine-cooking process can spread throughout the entire building.
"The study showed that the chemicals are everywhere in the house and that children living in houses with meth labs might as well be taking the drug directly," said Michele Leonhart, the acting deputy administrator of the DEA, which helped finance the research.
In 2002, 3,300 children were found in the 8,000 illegal methamphetamine laboratories seized nationwide.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2004/children-suffer-from-toxic.html
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