METH IS INDEED REALLY, REALLY BAD

Thank you to the Tucson Weekly for bringing methamphetamine to the
forefront once again ("Speed Limits," Currents, Oct. 13). It is an
issue that knows no socio-economic bounds, does not discriminate and
is completely pervasive in many negative forms throughout the city.

Enough cannot be written or broadcast about this frightening narcotic,
especially the fact that methamphetamine is not "just another drug."
It is a form of crystal dynamite, waiting for an opportunity to
obliterate the lives of many and rippling across entire communities.
Such a strong narcotic needs an equally powerful response to the problem.

Mr. Nintzel's article did, however, contain one inaccuracy. The name
of our group is the Meth Free Alliance. We remind Weekly readers that
there are powerful ways to prevent, intervene on and treat
methamphetamine. Meth stops with us, all of us.

Beth Walkup And the rest of the Meth Free Alliance