Pubdate: Mon, 24 Oct 2005
Source: Surrey Now (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc., A Canwest Company
Contact:  http://www.thenownewspaper.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1462
Author: Cyndi Stiles

THANKS FOR THE METH RECIPE AND WARNING

The Editor,

Re: "What makes meth?" the Now, Oct. 15.

I was happy to see that you had "What do you think?" at the side of 
the article, about crystal meth.

My true thoughts are as follows ... it's one thing writing about 
crystal meth, which is high on the drug trade at this point. But to 
print the ingredients is out of the question. It's bad enough you can 
get them on the Internet and from kids at the local school but for 
the local newspaper to print them is not a good idea, in my thoughts.

I can thank the Now newspaper for letting all know about the making 
of crystal meth ... and just don't go to the Canadian Tire in Newton 
go somewhere else. And if you read the ingredients, most homes have 
those already, so you just made it easier for the meth cooks to cook meth up.

So, all in all, I am very disappointed in the article, and would 
suggest the next time when writing about drugs and "making" them, 
don't include the ingredients, let the "cooks" find that out for themselves.

Cyndi Stiles

Surrey
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