It's time to Fight Back--Meth Doesn't have a place in America by Susan Smith Alvis

Lives are lost and will never return to any level of normalcy again while cities across the world pretend to put forth enough effort to satisfy an enraged but scared public. The truth stands firm. There's no easy way to end the rampant spread of methamphetamines.

Meth, speed, chalk; give it any name you want it's all the same. After all, this drug has become the drug of choice and its name isn't as important as what it is doing to our friends, families, and communities. Meth kills. It destroys lives. With methamphetamines, it isn't if the addict will lose their battle with addiction, it is only a matter of when. It is a drug with a willful mind and it intends to take the souls of many who experience its phenomenal power. It's the user's god of choice.

The meth pipe is worshipped like an idol and the meth user will covet it more than family. Respect it more than themselves and fight till the death just to find another fix. It is the reason many meth users rise in the morning and why even more of them leave the house in the first place. Meth is alluring. It calls their name.

When you hear about meth, you need to know the facts behind the drug and you must realize this is the drug that can and will take many prisoners who will never escape even if they wanted to do so. Make few mistakes about it, most do not want to live without meth in their lives once they've taken their first hit or had their first taste of it.

Regardless of what you will ever hear in the media or read about on your own, understand methamphetamine addiction is a real problem and it isn't one with a simple solution. You will hear conflicting stories surrounding meth. The media will paint you a very vivid picture about methamphetamines one day and be forced to retract their statements the next but don't be fooled. There is a widespread and universal crisis on the hands of community leaders and government officials and they know it.

America is discovering that many of its citizens are this country's own worst enemies. Government officials choose to turn the other cheek and look the other way. It will remain this way until one of them or one of their own meet an untimely death because they fall victim to a meth addict. Maybe they'll meet death when the delusions of a meth addict force them into a head-on collision. Maybe, just maybe someone will pay attention after someone else, another innocent with the right political connections falls into death's trapdoor. Until then, families and communities--you're on your own. No one cares about your heartache and don't turn to law enforcement for help. No one will be there to help.

Today, millions of people are at the mercy of the crazed lunatics that choose meth over everything else and put their drug at the forefront of their lives. The consequences are brutal because our nation is under fire. Our enemy is a faceless drug that washes through the body of many while taking over the minds occupying the territory.

It's time to take action. Today, it's time to insist on stiffer laws. It's time to take away the power from those who want you to feel powerless. It's time to take back the lives that meth has destroyed and make sure the war this drug has started comes to an abrupt end. However, no one can do it alone. Communities have to strike back and insist on tougher penalties for those who use and those who make Crystal Methamphetamines. Until then, no one will be safe from the reach of the drug that destroys, tortures, ruins, and defects--no one.

Susan Alvis is an author writing in various genres. Her work can be found at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Fictionwise, and many other outlets online and off. Visit her at MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/susanalvis where you'll find a lot of articles of interest in the coming year. You can also see her latest book, Friends Unlikely by visiting http://fictionwise.com/eBooks/SusanSmithAlviseBooks.htm.