ADDICTION

      

"'Nearly 95 percent of all meth users are addicted to the drug after six months of abusing it,' said Sheriff's Lt. Chan Bailey." (Range of meth problems is staggering, Spokesman Review, October 11, 2001)

"'Holly' started taking methamphetamine innocently enough, but the drug turned out to be a charming stranger who coaxed her into an underworld of filth, crime and desperation." (Dying for a drug fix, Everett Herald, February 10, 2002)

"Long-term addicts are extremely aggressive, suffer from hallucinations and have severe mental-health symptoms." (Methamphetamine 'overrides the maternal bond,' The Olympian, September 21, 2001)

"Meth is so addictive that users become addicted after only four tries. It's also a versatile drug because the salty crystal can be smoked, snorted, eaten, and 'shot up' (injected). Once hooked, meth addicts become focused solely on remaining high usually losing their jobs and becoming meth 'cooks' and eventually meth dealers." (Police teach about deadly drug, Highline Times, February 28, 2001)