‘Smoking Pot Leads To Meth’
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Quote:Plan Called a Meth GatewayOctober 17, 2006
By Monte WhaleyLoveland, CO — A proposal on the state ballot to loosen marijuana laws in Colorado would make it harder to fight the war on methamphetamine abuse, a federal drug official said Monday.
John Horton, a former Oregon prosecutor, said Amendment 44 – which would allow people 21 and older to legally possess an ounce or less of pot – would make marijuana accessible to more people and allow them to fall victim to the highly-addictive and destructive properties of methamphetamines.
“Many meth addicts say they started with marijuana,” said Horton. “So I don’t think we want Colorado to be a testing ground for new marijuana laws.”
Horton, associate deputy director for state and local affairs in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, spoke at a summit sponsored by officials in Larimer and Weld counties.
The meeting was called to compare notes and arrive at strategies to deal with the spread of methamphetamine use and meth labs in northern Colorado.
Both counties report big increases in meth use in just the past few years. In Weld County, for instance, the Island Grove Treatment Center in 2005 saw a 62 percent increase in women who were pregnant and admitted using meth and a 20 percent increase in the total number of those admitted – 860 – who reported meth use.
Meth is highly addictive and often leads to job loss, homelessness, health problems and deadly violence, say officials and past users.
Deb Hill, a counselor at Island Grove, said she was seduced by meth just before her high school graduation. The drug made her feel confident and outgoing, two qualities she lacked.
“When I used that first line, I knew things were going to change for me,” Hill said.
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