- -- Following is the sixth in a series of articles about the problems posed by methamphetamine in Siskiyou County Local agencies, including those in Siskiyou County, have joined forces with state and federal agencies to create task forces in the ongoing war on methamphetamine. This team effort is needed in order to provide the manpower and equipment to combat the "devil's drug," United States Attorney for California's Eastern District McGregor Scott said. Scott stressed that while the task forces provide the trained personnel and sophisticated surveillance equipment used in detection of meth, there is one other vital member of the team effort - the public. [continues 624 words]
- -- Following is the third in a series of articles about the problems posed by methamphetamine in Siskiyou County. The fire, caused by a chemical reaction, ignited as a man and woman were cooking methamphetamine. Their small child was just a few feet away. Consumed with the thought that they might be caught by authorities, the parents quickly began removing the meth production items from their house. They forgot all about the child. A neighbor eventually entered the burning house and removed the youngster, but the child was burned badly and died a few days later. [continues 895 words]
Dunsmuir Elementary School sixth grader Krystale Palmer said if her grandmother had "just said no" to tobacco, she wouldn't have died of lung cancer. Palmer was one of six DES Drug Abuse Resistance Education graduates who gave presentations about what the DARE program means to them. The presenters were among 19 Dunsmuir sixth graders who received DARE certificates of completion during a special graduation ceremony last Wednesday that was attended by county, city and school officials. Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department DARE officer, deputy David Nye, oversaw the ceremony that was attended by District 2 supervisor LaVada Erickson, sheriff Rick Riggins and Dunsmuir mayor John Fisher. [continues 788 words]
