SEMINAR TO HIGHLIGHT EFFECTS OF DRUG LABS

"Methamphetamine: What's Cooking in Your Neighborhood?" -- a free program
designed to dispel myths surrounding meth -- will be shown from 12:30 p.m.
to 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at Rose State College, Tom Steed Development
Center Auditorium, I-40 and Hudiburg Drive in Midwest City.

Sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, the satellite downlink program will provide information on a
variety of aspects related to methamphetamine.

Physical effects on the body, prevention and treatment issues, the
epidemiology of the drug, effects on the individual, family and community,
child endangerment issues and environmental hazards will be discussed. An
expert panel will discuss the myths and facts of methamphetamine use and
how a community coalition mobilized against meth use.

Other features include an interview with the daughter of meth users who
will talk about living in a meth house; a child protection advocate who has
seen the effects of parents' methamphetamine use on children, and an
"ordinary citizen" who was fed up with her methamphetamine-producing neighbors.

The program is targeted toward parents, educators, prevention and treatment
specialists, law enforcement officials, community leaders, community
coalitions and the faith community.