DESPITE ILLNESS, MOM IS STILL FIGHTING METH

If meth is the tortoise, Pam Green is the hare.

It was not until late in life that she decided to focus on tackling drugs.

But now that she's doing it, the chapter head of Mad Mothers Against
Methamphetamine says nothing can break her course.

Not even a near-fatal health attack from which she is recovering.

The recently appointed Idaho Drug Czar Jim Tibbs spoke in Twin Falls
on Monday morning. While Green listened to him, her brain fried from
a 103-degree temperature.

Even if that fever does not break today, Green, the mothers and all
interested members of the public plan to meet this evening at their
new location in Twin Falls.

"I wasn't going to miss meeting the drug czar," Green said. "I can't
afford to just sit around here. I've got to hit while the iron is
hot isn't that how it goes?"

New plans are on the rise.

The mothers are pushing for Meth Watch to come to Idaho.

According to its mission statement, Meth Watch is "designed to help
curtail the theft and suspicious sales of pseudoephedrine products"
and other ingredients and "to promote cooperation between retailers
and law enforcement to prevent the diversion of legitimate products
for illegal use."

"I hit every politician with (the idea) that was at the fair," Green said.

Eighteen states have incorporated models that resemble the Meth
Watch prototype developed in Kansas. Idaho has taken some measures
of its own. On July 1, House Bill 530 went into effect restricting
the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine. Green said the
program has reportedly been effective in other states.

"But it's got to be in the whole state to work," she said.