Articles and Information about Children and Babies on Methamphetamine (published by Kroc Crime Institute) provides a "list of methamphetamine articles found on the Internet concerning newborns and children addicted to meth at birth or being exposed to meth in the household environment."

Recognizing Clandestine Meth Labs, published by the California Department of Justice offers information on "identification" and "endangered kids" and crime-scene photos of meth-lab equipment.

Thursday's Child & The Queen of Swords ... darkly comedic mystery, based on San Diego's meth sub-culture, by folklorist Rosalie Stafford, founding publisher of Web Mystery Magazine. Meth's sexual effect adds to drug's allure ... "Doctors and government officials don't like to talk much about it, but there is an obvious reason people get hooked on methamphetamine: sex." (San Diego Union-Tribune) The Faces of Meth is a shocking portrait gallery showing how meth addiction destroys the body and character -- within a very short time. The story behind The Faces of Meth Portrait Gallery: "The image was as chilling as the woman's drug-induced psychosis. At 20, youth had vanished from her skeletal face. She was the picture of self-destruction."  Article by journalist Joseph Rose in The Oregonian.

Meth Makers using Nazi-style Labs is in the news: "The Nazi-style meth labs began showing up about 18 months ago and have since proliferated [in the San Joaquin Valley]. The labs use little or no heat in a process that produces a small supply of the highly addictive drug in one to three hours, instead of the three days needed at larger labs. The process was developed by Nazi scientists producing a stimulant for troops during World War II."

History of Methamphetamine recounts how the drug "first synthesized in 1887 Germany, [was] widely used ... by fighting men" during WWII as well as the wars in Korea and Vietnam, and "became a cure-all for such things as weight control [and] mild depression" in the 1950's."

Methamphetamine Brain Damage in Mice More Extensive than Previously Thought reports: "NIDA researchers have found that, when it comes to brain cells, 'speed' actually does kill. 'Speed' is the street name for methamphetamine, a powerfully addictive stimulant ...The new findings raise concerns that methamphetamine may have significantly more harmful long-term consequences than previously thought, the researchers say."

Government-issued speed caused U.S. Air Force bomber pilots to bomb Canadian forces in Afghanistan on 17 April 2002, claimed the pilots' defense attorney. The "friendly-fire" killed four and wounded eight Canadian soldiers. The Air Force, however, maintains that amphetamines (issued to pilots to keep them awake on long missions) definitely does not affect their judgement. Amphetamine manufactuers, however, claim just as definitely otherwise. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A Health Peril for All of Us is an MSNBC Special Report which looks at the toxic waste literally left in the path of methamphetamine producers and users.

Too Late for Katie, Town Tackles a Drug's Scourge. Jodi Wilgoren reports: "John Neace forces himself to pass by the rundown apartment buildings every day. Inside, the police say, Neace's 10-year-old daughter stumbled upon someone with methamphetamine. Her drowned body was found five days later at a nearby lake, small hands tied tightly behind her back." (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Methamphetamine Scourge Sweeps Rural America. "Imagine that, with $100 worth of supplies bought from neighborhood stores, dealers could easily cook up $1,000 worth of a drug so addictive that users quickly descend into a hell of violence, crime and neglect.  That frightening scenario is the reality of methamphetamine, a drug that is sweeping rural America, spawning crime, child abuse, and toxic pollution, and ripping apart communities..."  (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Meth Mouth: "The growing use of highly addictive methamphetamine throughout the country is creating a prominent scar on an increasing number of users – rotting, brittle teeth that seem to crumble from their mouths." (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Fresno tops in IV drug use ... "Problem fueled by boom in meth use, poverty in area ... The nation's capital of intravenous drug use isn't New York or Miami, not Chicago or Detroit – but Fresno." (San Diego Union-Tribune) More thefts of chemicals being linked to meth labs: "The night watchman went on vacation from his job overseeing a chemical plant but never returned. He is believed to have made off with what he was supposed to be watching: chemicals." (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Successes in the fight against meth: "Meth takes a terrible toll on families, social service agencies, and law enforcement. In 2003 (the most recent complete data available), 40 percent of adult arrestees and 15 percent of juvenile arrestees had meth in their systems. More than 7,700 were arrested for meth sales or possession. Meth was a factor in 210 deaths (an increase of 26 percent over 2002.)"  Toni McKean, Coordinator of East County Meth Solutions, published this report in the San Diego Union Tribune, 24 Feb 2005.

The Drug-Reform Coordination Network is a well-funded organization which actively promotes the legalization of Schedule I drugs including methamphetamine. Touting itself as a "serious and credible source of information on drugs and drug policy," DCR Network's board of advisors include such dubious drug experts as Rick Doblin of the "Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies" and Mario Lap of the "Foundation for Drug Policy & Human Rights" (headquarted in Amsterdam, the world's monument to human misery created by addled drug policy). Be proactive! Subscribe to DCR Network and use their urgent updates to remind your legislators to resist the meth-legalization movement.