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♦ SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2006
Hazelden leads meth initiative to promote awareness
Special to the HHJ
MINNESOTA - The non-profit
Hazelden Foundation, a nation
al leader in drug and alcohol
addiction treatment, announced
today it is launching the Meth:
Our Nation’s Crisis: Toolkit for
Change, a national methamphet
amine education product to inspire
parents, schools, employers, health
care professionals and community
leaders to take action against meth
use in their communities. Each
kit contains a DVD with three
documentaries about meth, and a
CD-R with specific resources for
each audience about the dangers
and devastating effects of meth
use, with detailed instruction on
how they can fight this growing
problem.
In 2004, an estimated 12 million
people in the United States ages
12 and older had tried meth at
least once, and 1.4 million of those
had used it within the last year. In
addition, law enforcement agencies
nationwide ranked meth as one
of the top drugs responsible for
increasing violent crime rates in
communities, according to a 2003
National Drug Intelligence Center
survey.
“Methamphetamine abuse is
changingthelandscapeofAmerica,”
said Carol Falkowski, director
of Research Communications at
Hazelden. ‘‘ln fact, 129,000 people
nationwide entered treatment for
methamphetamine addiction in
2004 alone, up from only 33,000
in 1994. The consequences of the
growing meth problem affect indi
viduals, families and entire com
munities. As such, there has never
been a greater need for a tool like
this - with everything in one place
to offer hope to our nation, one
community at a time.”
Hazelden’s meth toolkit address
es this raging issue with a CD-R
that includes seven comprehensive
information and action guides for
specific audiences, enabling them
to work collaboratively and form
coalitions to raise awareness and
fight the meth epidemic in their
communities:
A Meth Primer: provides basic
facts on meth, myths and truths
about the drug, and offers examples’
and statistics showing that meth is
a severe threat to the health and
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A Guide for Community
Leaders: includes specific exam
ples of what is working in other
communities and steps to build a
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and identifies how to mobilize local
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A Guide for Schools: outlines
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use meth and provides specific
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A Guide for Health Care
Professionals: outlines the vari
ous medical complications of meth
use, describes common emergency
room treatment procedures for
meth users, explains how first
responders can help children who
have who have been exposed to
meth and gives example protocols
for medical evaluation of children
found at a meth lab.
A Guide for Employers:
includes statistics on the high cost
of drug abuse and growing rate of
meth use on the job, explains what
to do if an employee is suspected of
drug use on the job and provides
instruction on how to develop a
workplace policy that addresses
drug addiction.
A Campaign Resources
Guide: provides sample cover let
ters to community members intro
ducing a meth awareness cam
paign, three sample press releases
to recruit community support and
gain media attention, printable
fact sheets about meth, four sam
ple awareness posters and a meth
resource directory.
The toolkit DVD also includes
three documentary videos illus
trating the devastating effects of
meth from a broad range of per
spectives. In the first video entitled
Meth: Shadow Across America, law
enforcement and treatment profes
sionals discuss what meth is, the
dangers of meth labs and addic
tion and possible solutions for this
growing problem in communities.
The second video, Life After Meth,
presents the compelling stories of
six individuals living in recovery
from meth addiction, how the drug
impacted their lives and families,
and how they got and stayed sober.
Also included is Hazelden’s popu
lar meth prevention video designed
for teen audiences, Walking on
Thin Ice, giving straight facts from
teens, police and paramedics about
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meth’s negative effects on the
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“Meth is being introduced to a
new generation of adolescents and
use is rising in adults who don’t
know the lethal, addictive nature
of the drug,” said Nick Motu,
senior vice president of Hazelden
Publishing Services. “Collaborative
action in communities is essential
to prevent meth from devastating
our work, school and home envi
ronments.”
To order a copy of Meth: Our
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call (800) 328-9000, or visit www.
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