cannabisnews.com: Meth Use Is On the Rise -- Again! Meth Use Is On the Rise -- Again! Posted by FoM on April 06, 1999 at 15:43:29 PT Recent arrests highlight growing problem! Source: SF Gate In the wake of last week's arrest of 18 East Bay men on charges of manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, authorities say the drug is a growing law enforcement problem that has defied tougher laws and a two-year state and federal war designed to combat it. Despite last week's arrests, top prosecutors warn that the battle against the potent stimulant -- known to street users as ``meth,'' ``crank'' and ``speed'' -- is far from over. ``It (methamphetamine) is growing -- it is growing very quickly,'' said Robert Mueller, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, which covers coastal California from Monterey to Oregon. ``I think we are with methamphetamine today about where we were 10 to 15 years ago with crack cocaine,'' Mueller said. Will stiffer sentencing laws help a person who is strung out on Methamphetamines? I don't believe it will, because it is such an overpowering drug!I believe we need quality treatment facilities!What do you think?Click the link above for the full story! Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by Katie Mccoy on June 16, 2000 at 14:23:05 PT: u.s. marshals over use their position My brother-in-law was arrested on a federal warrent for conspicy to manufacture meth. They O'R'ed him and postponed his trial until 9/00. They went to his sons ballgame mind you there were alot of 12 and 13 year old boys there including my nephew. Well 2 federal agents and a sherrif came in their bullet proof vests, and arrested him all over again. Violating the pretrial bond. In front of all the kids. That was un-called for. There was many other places to arrest him but not in front of his children. They could, so they did. It's just wrong. http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by FoM on April 07, 1999 at 06:08:07 PT Jail Won't Help! Dr. Ganj,You said it so well. Before the Internet I thought I was just different and then I got on line and found people that think the same as me. I used Methamphetamine in the 70s and I know that tougher drug laws wouldn't have stopped me but jail would have destroyed me. Drug use can be very bad but it isn't all the time. It isn't worth going to jail for. We had self help groups that you could call and go in and talk to kind people and now your choice is only jail. We need to go back to addressing drugs as a medical issue not a legal one. Peace, FoM [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Dr. Ganj on April 06, 1999 at 23:43:53 PT The failed war on our people Methamphetamine is indeed not the best drug around, but trying to stop its use by enacting tougher laws is futile.Black market means high prices. That means greed. With greed we get corruption. With all these elements, we have a scenario that can only get worse.Let the people who want to use drugs get them. 1 dollar a gram. Pure. Let them go home and get wired. I was in jail for a marijuana charge, and while in there, a young man got caught with 1/10 of 1 gram of meth, and he got an extra YEAR on his sentence! Is this what we want to spend our taxes on? An extra $30,000 on incarceration money because a nineteen year old kid had one tenth of one gram of crystalline white powder that gets a person wired?Come on, enough is enough. I've seen it first hand, and let me tell you, it is simply horrible. We spend more money housing this young fellow for a little meth, than putting someone else in college for a year! It's disgusting folks, and I really hope this changes. I saw it over and over and over. What a tragic waste of our money. The drug war. I am ashamed to be an American. The cops are brainwashed, they say they are just following the law. Yeah right, and the Germans just said they were following orders. It takes a lot of courage to be a jailer doesn't it. I saw it, and it's really bad. You vile bastards. You heartless thick-sculled cretins. There's a place for all of you, and I know you're going there. Dr. Ganj http://www.famm.org [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: