Your April 19 story on methamphetamine was a good article.

I really don't think the public understands how pervasive this drug has become.

We know a person that became caught up in this. (You should see) what it has done to her. She was a beautiful little girl with every possible advantage. She grew up into a stunningly lovely young woman. Over the years, and a failed marriage, she became involved with meth.

She had two children in the marriage, a girl and boy, and she lost them both. Today she is a "frequent flyer" and, in her mid 40s, totally unrecognizable, both as a still chronologically-young woman and the person she used to be. We do not have contact with her because we have long realized it is dangerous as her primary ultimate focus is obtaining drugs.

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