Here is a link to an inspirational story about Richard Jensen from Clackamas Oregon. Take 15 minutes to appreciate this mans struggle and learn that anything is possible. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=jensen&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab8pos1

The process of making methamphetamine-in both large and small laboratories-involves at least one, and sometimes more than one, stage with a significant risk of explosion and/or fire. (more…)

SayNOtoMeth.com and Grandpa Don are delivering their message across America, and are relying on you, their friends, for help. (more…)

No matter how Methamphetamine is used, it eventually ends up in the bloodstream where it is circulated throughout the brain. Methamphetamine can affect lots of brain structures, but the ones it affects the most are the ones that contain a chemical called dopamine. The reason for this is that the shape, size, and chemical structure of Methamphetamine and dopamine are similar. Before I tell you more about dopamine and Methamphetamine, I’d better tell you how nerve cells work. (more…)

By Rick Moldenhauer; MS,LADC, ICADC, LPC, treatment services consultant, Chemical Health Division, DHS, State of Minnesota

In working with addicts newly engaged in abstinence from methamphetamine use, I have found similarities to those not exhibiting a pattern of addiction, rather a symptom cluster often associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), Symptoms can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain, regardless of it’s etiology (blunt force trauma or methamphetamine induced neuro-chemical alterations), Some symptoms are evident immediately, while others do not surface until a period of time has passed after the injury/termination of chemical use. (more…)