ATTEND METH FORUM PLEADS FORMER ADDICT

Editor, The Record:

As a young person growing up in this town, speed is everywhere.
Sometimes it is hard to always say no.

When you're younger, your parents teach you to say no to drugs, but
they don't teach you how.

The first time I ever tried speed, I had just turned 12. I didn't even
know what it was or what it did to your body, but I didn't care. I
started doing it just on weekends, then just in the morning to get me
up.

Within a month I was doing it everyday, no matter what I had to do to
get it. I stole from my family, my friends and everyone I cared about.
It was horrible. No one should have to go through that, but a lot of
people are. That's why I think people should attend the forum (Sept.
29, Best Western, 7 p.m.) and learn about it because lots of people
think it won't be them, but it only takes once.

Amanda (Last name withheld)