Pubdate: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 Source: Daily Reporter-Herald (Loveland, CO) Copyright: 2008 The Daily Reporter-Herald Contact: http://www.reporterherald.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1710 Author: Jon Pilsner Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) REP. DON MAROSTICA LENDS ANTI-DRUG EFFORT HIS SUPPORT Don Marostica has a concern. He's seen what substance abuse can do to people, and he knows that many times the stories involve children. Based on that, and having seen people in prisons and jails who struggle with substance abuse, the state representative from Loveland has lent his name to a local anti-methamphetamine campaign. Marostica has teamed up with John Giroux's CLEAR - the Coalition of Loveland for Education, Awareness and Resources in the fight against meth - to help the group raise money. That money will be used to develop an educational DVD and distribute it throughout the city. "For me, it's the children that are involved that I'm very concerned about," Marostica said. "I know for the adults, it's a highly addictive drug, but so many of them have children. I know it's affecting a lot of children in Colorado." Marostica will donate $500 to the campaign and ask local businesses on his mailing list to do the same. He hopes the effort will raise the $25,000 needed to get the project running. "We had a letter that we put together, and Don said he would take that and send it out to businesses he knew," Giroux said. "Don is interested in supporting our local efforts." Giroux has helped support a local documentary, "Crystal Darkness," that will be broadcast on most major television stations in Colorado on Jan. 7. Advertisements for the program will begin running at the end of December, and Loveland Police Chief Luke Hecker appears in one of them, Giroux said. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin