I'd heard about it...
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I have a sister that lived in WY for a while, she told me about these anti-meth billboards a long time ago. I didn't get an actual picture of the one I saw because I was so shocked by it that taking a picture (something I consider a joyful thing to do) didn't even occur to me. The campaign is the Wyoming Meth Project....go to www.wyomingmethproject.org
Sadly they are the state that uses this drug the most. Several other states have started similar campaigns, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Illinois and Hawaii.
I think every state should do this. I believe that what we ignore ultimately hurts us. Strange as this sounds but sometimes I worry about the future that my nieces and nephews and my friend's beautiful children will inherit. I don't think we should tolerate the use of any drug, whether it's legalizing marijuana, worshiping cocaine addicted movie "stars"/"models" or refusing to shed the harsh light of the media on those drug addicted persons on the fringes of society because it is "graphic or offensive."
I believe the last one ultimately de-glamorizes the notion of drugs like this one. I'll admit it, I googled when I heard that Fergie had been on meth. But you hear that and you look at her now (yeah she has a candle face and I would never want to emulate her behavior, but I'm also not 9 years old and in the wrong company), but you get what I mean. I can't help but think that a thought like that could form in a kid's mind and that would be all. A subconscious message rationalizing that "it'll be alright" in the split second that the kid gives in. I'm not blaming Fergie for any of it (I do like her music), but I'm just making a point here.
On another note, I will encourage all my friends and relatives that have children or young adults to educate them. I worked for a non-profit drug prevention clearinghouse and I learned a lot by looking at the informational materials they had there, but nothing- nothing ever got to me as this campaign has. Like I said before, I'd heard about it, I just didn't fully comprehend the magnitude of it. Even if you never see the stuff and don't know any users of any of it. Educate anyway, it's better that they know and never face it, than to not be prepared and become a victim of an awfully bad decision.
I'll only post this for a while, as it is gruesome and I want to keep my blog a happier place. But this is part of the world we live in and I really feel it's important to shed some light in that dark corner.
Sadly they are the state that uses this drug the most. Several other states have started similar campaigns, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Illinois and Hawaii.
I think every state should do this. I believe that what we ignore ultimately hurts us. Strange as this sounds but sometimes I worry about the future that my nieces and nephews and my friend's beautiful children will inherit. I don't think we should tolerate the use of any drug, whether it's legalizing marijuana, worshiping cocaine addicted movie "stars"/"models" or refusing to shed the harsh light of the media on those drug addicted persons on the fringes of society because it is "graphic or offensive."
I believe the last one ultimately de-glamorizes the notion of drugs like this one. I'll admit it, I googled when I heard that Fergie had been on meth. But you hear that and you look at her now (yeah she has a candle face and I would never want to emulate her behavior, but I'm also not 9 years old and in the wrong company), but you get what I mean. I can't help but think that a thought like that could form in a kid's mind and that would be all. A subconscious message rationalizing that "it'll be alright" in the split second that the kid gives in. I'm not blaming Fergie for any of it (I do like her music), but I'm just making a point here.
On another note, I will encourage all my friends and relatives that have children or young adults to educate them. I worked for a non-profit drug prevention clearinghouse and I learned a lot by looking at the informational materials they had there, but nothing- nothing ever got to me as this campaign has. Like I said before, I'd heard about it, I just didn't fully comprehend the magnitude of it. Even if you never see the stuff and don't know any users of any of it. Educate anyway, it's better that they know and never face it, than to not be prepared and become a victim of an awfully bad decision.
I'll only post this for a while, as it is gruesome and I want to keep my blog a happier place. But this is part of the world we live in and I really feel it's important to shed some light in that dark corner.
