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Special Report: The Meth Monster
Day 1 (June 6, 1999): The Meth Monster The 'meth monster' - Michelle Bradford SPRINGDALE -- Parole officer Ricky Hogg joined the undercover drug agents as they prepared to descend on a Springdale home. Meth abuse eats away at users' family lives - Michelle Bradford BELLA VISTA -- It was a family affair. Meth linked to deaths, shootings, other crimes in NW area - Arkansas-Democrat Gazette A sampling of cases investigated by Northwest Arkansas law enforcement authorities in recent years that involved methamphetamine use, production or dealing: Green Forest builder's secret addiction led him to rob banks - Pamela Hill GREEN FOREST -- William Joe Norton Jr. ran his own construction business, served on Green Forest's Planning Commission and coached his children's baseball teams. Meth filled holes in her self-esteem, addict struggling to recover says - Pamela Hill SPRINGDALE -- Jackie, a 32-year-old woman who asked that her real name not be used, has lived a life centered on methamphetamine for much of the past 14 years. Springdale mom started using at 18, felt like a 'guilty old dog' while hooked - Michelle Bradford SPRINGDALE -- Episodes of lucidity 10 years ago prompted Denise Cifers to periodically send her 5-year-old boy to stay with relatives while she injected methamphetamine several times a day. Daughter's birth didn't stop Rogers woman from going back to selling, using drugs - Michelle Bradford ROGERS -- Alicia has shot up "bathtub meth" so dirty with corrosive acids, it made her limbs ache. In their own words - Noteworthy quotes. Day 2 (June 7, 1999): Window of Hope Window of hope - Pamela Hill and Michelle Bradford SPRINGDALE -- When it comes to figuring out a solution to methamphetamine abuse in Northwest Arkansas and much of the Midwest, the debate is similar to the old chicken-egg question. When high wears off, paranoia, health woes lurk - Pamela Hill SPRINGDALE -- The Superman feeling of invincibility, loads of energy and effortless weight loss are the immediate effects of methamphetamine use. The heart problems come later. 25.7% of inmates in study at NW county jail used meth - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A six-month state Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention study substantiated what law enforcement and drug counselors already knew about Northwest Arkansas' methamphetamine use: It's significant. A look at legal issues Methamphetamine's spread has driven the creation of new laws at the state and national levels by legislators trying to find ways the government can deal with the drug's use, production and distribution. U.S. program to combat meth at work near NW Arkansas - Pamela Hill SPRINGDALE -- Less than 30 miles from the Northwest Arkansas border, the nation's sole government effort concentrating only on methamphetamine is in full swing. Followup Field hearing in state to focus on meth labs - Pamela Hill SPRINGDALE -- A congressional subcommittee will come to Northwest Arkansas later this month for its only field examination of the country's methamphetamine problem. (February 10, 2000) Meth convictions give man 3 life sentences - The Associated Press RISON -- A Jefferson County man was given three life sentences after being found guilty of charges related to the operation of a crystal methamphetamine lab in Cleveland County. (February 10, 2000) Drug sting completes operation: Sweep through county results in 46 arrests - Joel Kirkland HUNTSVILLE -- A police sweep through Madison County over the weekend in search of Northwest Arkansas' drug producers wrapped up early Sunday morning after police arrested two people late Saturday on suspicion of producing methamphetamine. (August 30, 1999) Meth busters scour county back roads: Crackdown in NW Arkansas goes on - Michelle Bradford and Chad Hayworth HUNTSVILLE -- Seventy-five state police troopers scoured Madison County on Saturday to reclaim it from criminals -- predominantly methamphetamine producers. A day into Operation Checkmate, police found two meth labs and 1 ounce of the stimulant. (August 29, 1999) Police determined to 'reclaim' county from meth's grasp - Pamela Hill HUNTSVILLE -- Three days after an Arkansas State Police investigator was wounded in a gunbattle with a suspected methamphetamine user, about 70 state troopers and drug officers descended Friday on Madison County to reclaim it from methamphetamine's grasp. (August 28, 1999) Cold medicine spurs look at law on meth - Jay Meisel CONWAY -- Two Bigelow residents walked into the Wal-Mart Supercenter earlier this year and bought six packages of cold medicine. (June 18, 1999) EDITORIAL: Supply and demand: The economics of meth DID YOU notice how often economics came up in our recent look at the plague that's technically known as methamphetamine? Michelle Bradford and Pamela Hill of the Democrat-Gazette provided the economic analysis in their story not long ago. (June 14, 1999) Drug chief seeks new state status to add U.S. funding in meth war - Pamela Hill SPRINGDALE -- Arkansas' drug director will propose to the nation's drug czar that the state be included in a group of states that receive millions of dollars annually to battle methamphetamine abuse. (June 11, 1999) Copyright, permissions and privacy policy Copyright © 2008, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. All rights reserved. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. |
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