Meth Quotes

We`re pushing back against the criminals by aggressively shutting down the labs and making it harder for the crooks to get the supplies they use to cook this toxic drug, ... Now we must concentrate on fighting meth trafficking as well.

Just last week, I was successful in passing two bi-partisan amendments through the House of Representatives that aim to address the even larger problem of cracking down on countries who export the materials to create meth into the United States.

A recent survey conducted by the University of Minnesota concluded that meth was involved in as many as 81 percent of child protection cases in the state.

Senate Democrats fulfilled our commitment to help children first, and we did so while also fighting meth, helping seniors, improving health care - especially for those with mental illness - and making government more open and accessible,

The other side of that picture is that with drugs and alcohol that cause them to act in a different manner than they probably would, ... We know we`ve got meth all over the place.

It is about time that we develop a worldwide strategy to reduce illegal trade in meth and its precursor chemicals and stop the devastating impact that methamphetamine use is having on our children and our communities.

The war on meth must be fought with a multi-pronged approach.

Operation Northern Star with Canada has made significant progress in battling meth from the north, and we are engaged in numerous training opportunities in Mexico to help curb the problem from the south.

We also have to stop the flow of precursor chemicals that meth cooks use to boil up this poison.

We are taking steps to fight the production of meth on our own soil through limiting access to precursor ingredients, supporting educational efforts and providing necessary resources to law enforcement.

Meth is a major problem not only in our urban areas, but in most of the rural areas of Colorado. No region has been immune from this scourge and it is getting larger.

Meth is too easy to make, and unfortunately right now all the ingredients need to make this highly addictive drug are legal and readily available to those who want to cook it up and sell it to our children.

We`re making it more difficult to obtain the necessary ingredients to produce meth and tightening criminal penalties for those who deal in this dangerous drug.

If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.

Meth impacts every aspect of our community, every aspect of our neighborhoods, of our businesses, of the environment, and of our children.

I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years.

For the past several years, the Meth Caucus has worked to engage the Office of National Drug Control Policy on this issue. We have tried to get their attention that meth requires a strong, comprehensive Federal policy.

I have heard repeated stories of meth users leaving their children unattended for days as they cook, use and then sleep off the intense effects of methamphetamine.

We must keep pace with our neighboring states to ensure that Illinois doesn`t become the meth shopping mall of the Midwest,

It`s so hard to have them see me this way, ... I have been honest with my daughter. She knows I have a drug problem. I told her I have a very bad habit that is very hard for me to quit. I try to explain it in a language a 5-year-old understands. My mom says my son wakes up at night, crying for me. Both of the kids are insecure. When I use meth, I will take off for days. Then when I come home to crash, they won`t leave my side.