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Montana Meth Project presenter warns of rising meth use among Missoula women and teens
Summary
Paige Shea of the Montana Meth Project told a Missoula audience that methamphetamine availability and use are widespread locally, cited treatment and foster-care statistics, and described a prevention media campaign aimed at reducing youth use and increasing parent-child conversations.
Paige Shea, executive director of the Montana Meth Project, told a Missoula audience that methamphetamine availability and addiction have risen in Montana and urged prevention, public education and expanded treatment capacity.
Shea described methamphetamine as "a powerful central nervous system stimulant that strongly activates multiple systems in the brain," and explained that the drug's manufacturing, distribution and pharmacologic effects have produced a rapid rise in addiction and related harms across rural parts of the state.
Key local data Shea cited: treatment admissions for women with meth problems rose more than 50 percent between February 2002 and February 2004; about 85 percent of women in a recent state prison report had a recent history of meth use; and in a…
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