From Deseret News archives:
Quotes
Here is a sampling of the comments:
"I cry every morning when I read the articles.
"I was in charge of Red Ribbon week for my son's junior high. I had a young woman come (who had grown up by me) and tell the junior high student body about her sister who was a meth user, then dealer, then she tried to get out by being an informant for the police. Her husband had her shot and killed in front of their two small children. This young woman then showed a video with photos of her sister growing up and her two children and the video ended with her sister laying in her coffin. It was very powerful and moving."
"I knew meth was bad and highly addictive, but I did not realize what a crisis it is in Utah and how it affects all of us until this week." — Robin Saeva, administrator, Utah Housing Corp.
"A co-worker told me about these articles in the paper this week on meth addiction. I have read every one. Writing about this from the addicts themselves says it all. I appreciate the honesty from them. I hope they make it. I am sending every article to my 27-year-old daughter, who is lost in meth addiction. It is still gut wrenching to read all of this. I thought I knew what it does to people, seen it, been through it with her, the husband she's still with, and the three children she's given birth to." — Karen Charboneau, Salt Lake City
"I am very glad my parents don't smoke meth, but they don't take any drugs at all. I don't really see why anyone would take that drug. One thing I don't get about 'smokable' drugs is that the smoker knows that they are inhaling smoke, so why do they do that?
"I can't believe that a neglected boy would say to a SWAT officer 'If you take my mommy to jail, I'm going to kick your a--.' I bet so much smoke got to his brain, he thought that his mom took care of him better then anyone else." — Tanner Cutler
"At any one time we have about 2,000 Utah children in foster care. Most will eventually go home after we've worked with their family. A few won't. But for now they need somewhere to stay. For people who are thinking about what to do, one option is to become a licensed foster parent." Call Utah Foster Care Foundation, call 1-877-505-KIDS (5437). — Carol Sisco, spokeswoman, Utah Division of Child and Family Services
