Take Action Against Meth

Take Action against Meth in your Community

Far beyond the harm it inflicts on users, meth affects whole communities: family members, children, law enforcement officers and first responders, homeowners, social services and healthcare professionals, utility and sanitation workers, real estate professionals and business owners. As a concerned citizen, you can help fight this devastating drug.  Here are ways you can help your community take action.  

Educate Yourself

The Partnership’s meth website www.drugfree.org/meth  can help you learn the facts about meth. The site is updated frequently with new stories, information and resources.  

Spread the Word  

• Once you’ve learned the facts about the dangers of meth, talk about them with your friends, neighbors, coworkers and most importantly your children.

• Put up educational posters in stores in your area and where you work.

• Write letters to your local newspaper and television stations to encourage them to cover meth-related news stories — or share your personal experience with them.

• Email relevant news articles to your friends to make them more aware of the dangers of this drug.

 Be Alert  

• Look for signs of meth use, production and dealing throughout your neighborhood.

• Report suspicious activity to the police.

• If you’re moving into a new home, ask your real estate broker about meth activity in the area.

• Share these fact sheets with local area schools to assist teachers and administrators in spotting the signs of meth use and the signals that a child may be living in a home where meth is used.

 Take Action  

• Go to www.drugfree.org  and subscribe to our eNewsletter.

• Talk to your kid about the dangers of meth.

• Speak out in schools, places of worship or any public community forum and educate others about the dangers of meth.

• Encourage family and friends struggling with meth use to get help. Learn how at www.drugfree.org/intervention .

• Volunteer at a local treatment center, hospital or burn center, or offer your time to social workers helping at-risk youth and children whose parents suffer from addiction.

• Advocate for an in-school meth education program at PTA meetings and teacher conferences.

• Work with the local police to set up a Block Watch program in your neighborhood.

• Join a meth education, support or activist group.

• Enlist the help of groups in your community: newspapers and TV stations, faith-based organizations, neighborhood watch programs, local businesses, colleges and universities, real estate and public housing agencies, secondary schools and parents’ organizations.

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