News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: PUB LTE: Timely Treatment For Meth Is Big Issue |
Title: | CN BC: PUB LTE: Timely Treatment For Meth Is Big Issue |
Published On: | 2005-12-16 |
Source: | Abbotsford Times (CN BC) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-14 20:58:43 |
TIMELY TREATMENT FOR METH IS BIG ISSUE
Editor, The Times:
Like Byron Bidiuk [letters, Dec. 13, the Times], I too sat in on the
University College of the Fraser Valley session on crystal meth.
Unlike Mr. Bidiuk, nobody made me do it. As a member of the community,
I feel privileged to be able to attend open sessions at UCFV - and I
felt it was time well spent.
Although no one close to me is dependent on crystal meth, it is to my
benefit to know as much as I can about such an inexpensive, seductive
drug.
Even without plans to duplicate the recipe, knowing the deadly
ingredients is useful information.
I was pleased to hear there is some good news on the treatment front.
Based on solid science, 5-HTP is being used to help with the
depression and insomnia of those coming off crystal meth.
That does not mean I left the workshop entirely satisfied. When I hear
it can take years for an individual to get space in a treatment
centre, I cringe.
Society - through our governments - is not fulfilling its
responsibility.
The attitude that addiction is solely the addicts' problem is
apparently not getting us very far.
Regina Dalton
Abbotsford
Editor, The Times:
Like Byron Bidiuk [letters, Dec. 13, the Times], I too sat in on the
University College of the Fraser Valley session on crystal meth.
Unlike Mr. Bidiuk, nobody made me do it. As a member of the community,
I feel privileged to be able to attend open sessions at UCFV - and I
felt it was time well spent.
Although no one close to me is dependent on crystal meth, it is to my
benefit to know as much as I can about such an inexpensive, seductive
drug.
Even without plans to duplicate the recipe, knowing the deadly
ingredients is useful information.
I was pleased to hear there is some good news on the treatment front.
Based on solid science, 5-HTP is being used to help with the
depression and insomnia of those coming off crystal meth.
That does not mean I left the workshop entirely satisfied. When I hear
it can take years for an individual to get space in a treatment
centre, I cringe.
Society - through our governments - is not fulfilling its
responsibility.
The attitude that addiction is solely the addicts' problem is
apparently not getting us very far.
Regina Dalton
Abbotsford
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