Thanks to Ben Fulton for recognizing Governor Hunstman's commitment to battling methamphetamine addiction in Utah. It is time to take a holistic and compassionate approach to meth by emphasizing treatment and family unity. But I do take exception to the characterization of meth as the "fiercest and most dangerous of all illegal drugs" that is not only physically devastating but also nearly impossible to treat. There is new research in the January 2007 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment that reveals there is little difference between treatment outcomes for users of methamphetamine and other hard drugs.

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