Meth vs Crack

[RandomGuy]

look at what i mentioned a bout the gov programs to get ppl off meth. link that with the race of the majority of meth users is where i get my race issue.

ok fine, i'll make a relevant post....

In the Atlanta area, methamphetamine users account for the fastest-growing segment of addicts seeking treatment. Rehabilitation centers there are seeing an uptick in the number of women meth addicts, while officials in Minneapolis-St. Paul say they're treating an alarming number of meth users younger than 18.

"Most people just think it happens in the farmlands and the prairies or out back behind the barn," says Carol Falkowski, director of research communications at the Hazelden Foundation in Minnesota. But that's not the case anymore.

Falkowski found that meth addicts now represent about 10 percent of patients admitted to drug treatment programs in the Twin Cities (search), compared with 7.5 percent a year ago and about 3 percent in 1998. About a fifth of those meth users who sought help in the last year were minors.

She and other experts who track urban drug trends for National Institute on Drug Abuse (search) are meeting this week in Long Beach, Calif., to present their findings. Some have noted a big jump in the use of meth — particularly in its potent crystal form — in the past six months to a year.

You dont realize that Meth use is growing RAPIDLY, and shazaam, the gov't doesn't want another "crack", which is why they're being assertive.