Pubdate: Wed, 28 Mar 2007
Source: Wallaceburg Courier Press (CN ON)
Copyright: 2007 Wallaceburg Courier Press
Contact:  http://www.wallaceburgcourierpress.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2147
Author: David Gough
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STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF CRYSTAL METH

Meth Is A Scary Addictive Drug.

That was the message a pair of police officers gave to Grade 7/8 
students at D.A. Gordon last week.

OPP Const.  Aaron McPhail gave a presentation about crystal meth and 
its dangers, while his colleague Special Constable Randi Hull of the 
Chatham-Kent police service also spoke and answered questions for the 
inquisitive students.

McPhail said the presentation is to give students information so they 
can make good choices.

Interposed in McPhail's presentation of what meth was and what it 
does, were numerous slides of before and after pictures of meth users.

The after pictures showed people who had aged quickly and often had 
sores across their face, as their appearance was a stark contrast 
downward from their before pictures.

Hull admitted that the effect of the pictures was to scare the 
students. "A dose of reality definitely. It's a matter of they don't 
realize that some of the (dangerous) things that they're choosing to 
put into their body like meth and the long-lasting affects it has."

Crystal meth is methamphetamine hydrochloride, the street form of the 
drug methamphetamine that comes in clear, chunky crystals that look like ice.

Hull said meth is not a huge problem locally, but it's becoming more 
common. She said meth is in Chatham-Kent.

McPhail pointed out that one reason meth is on the rise locally is 
because it can be produced quite easily with ingredients that are 
easy to obtain.
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