Meth Takes a toll on Indian Reservations

Posted on June 12, 2006

According to an Associated Press report at Breitbart.com, Meth takes a toll on Indian Reservations, Leah Fyten believes every family on her South Dakota reservation has been affected by methamphetamine (meth) use. Leah should know, she is a South Dakota representative to National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC).

NAIHC assists tribes and tribal housing entities in reaching their self determined goals of providing culturally relevant, decent, safe, sanitary, and quality affordable housing for Native people in Indian communities and Alaska Native villages.

As with other areas were it is introduced, meth has torn apart families. The addictive drug has led to increases in crime and death rates.

For the article: Meth Takes a Toll
Let’s face it, people who use meth can get hooked early on in their experimentation. Once a person is addicted it’s extremely difficult to get off the drug. Indian Reservations are particularly vulnerable and are finding out about this plague.

Ingredients used to make meth include toxic chemicals that do permanent injury. Meth doesn’t just affect the user; it also impacts the user’s family and society as a whole. This is one drug capable of destroying lives, families and communities.

Meth causes lasting destruction, including irreversible and serious damage to the body, parents in jail and kids in foster homes, and serious environmental damage from toxic chemicals in communities where meth is made.

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5 Responses to “Meth Takes a toll on Indian Reservations”

kerwin_brown on June 12th, 2006 5:28 pm

This is one reason I am in opposition to libertarian(social Darwinism) philosophy. What you do effects yourself and your community so you have no right to harm yourself or any other creature in your possession but for noble cause. The last is a paraphrase of John Locke who Thomas Jefferson admits basing the declaration of Independence on.

You need to get users to turn away from meth and any substitute drug. One way is to provide an alternative less damaging method of escapism. Try to eliminate what is causing the environment the users are trying to escape from. Get the users off drugs.
Jay on June 12th, 2006 5:31 pm

Main reason I am not a libertarian either.
Bosun on June 12th, 2006 5:45 pm

We impact those around us positive and negative. One must take responsiblity for ones behavior. Co-dependency is felt in many families. Good comments.
Gribbit on June 12th, 2006 6:03 pm

I don’t understand why anyone would willingly want to ingest a substance made of ingredients which if ingested on their own would cause death. And it is obvious when it is ingested combined, it also causes death at a much slower rate.
apostle on June 12th, 2006 9:59 pm

The war on drugs starts with relationships. If we know someone with a drug problem, the responsibility is ours to be burdened for them. Pray.