Pubdate: Sat, 29 Sep 2007
Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Copyright: 2007 Denver Publishing Co.
Contact:  http://www.rockymountainnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371
Author: Lynn Bartels, Rocky, Mountain News
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)
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Daniels grants target Colorado 'meth epidemic'

Two Colorado anti-methamphetamine programs on Friday  received
$375,000 in grants to fight what Attorney  General John Suthers calls
a "meth epidemic."

Suthers announced that $200,000 is going to the  Colorado Alliance for
Drug Endangered Children, and  $175,000 has been awarded to a meth
treatment pilot  program in Delta County.

The money for the grants was provided by the Daniels
Fund.

"In my lifetime, it's the worst drug we've seen," in  part because
it's so addictive, Suthers said.

Suthers, who is the chairman of a statewide meth task  force, said
Colorado has been hit hard by  methamphetamine abuse.

Colorado's meth-related arrest rates are 11 percent  higher than other
states.

One in five patients admitted to drug treatment  programs in Colorado
is addicted to meth.

And treatment rates in rural counties have increased  more than 20
percent in recent years, he said. 
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