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Governors unveils anti-meth campaign
Gov. Mike Rounds kicked off “Face
Facts: Meth Makes You Ugly,”
a campaign to curb the growing methamphetamine problem, earlier
this week. The Governor visited five South Dakota high schools
to introduce the campaign.
During the events, Gov. Rounds and Jeremy Bucholz, a former meth
user, producer and member of the Statewide Methamphetamine Task
Force, spent time with high school students, discussing how meth
destroys their bodies and minds.
“We must face the facts,” said Gov. Rounds. “Meth use is
increasing in South Dakota,
especially
in high school age students. Nine
percent of our female 10th graders have tried meth; 12 percent
of our 11th grade girls have used it. Our youth must be educated
about the harmful and addictive effects of this terrible drug.”
The Face Facts project targets high school and junior high
students. As part of the campaign, posters have been sent to
high school and junior high principals to distribute to their
students. The posters focus on the truths about meth and draw
attention to the mental and physical destruction that occurs
when using the drug.
The anti-meth advertising will continue into the 2006-07 school
year with new posters and enhanced awareness activities.
This campaign is another project of the state’s Methamphetamine
Task Force. The task force, comprised of community leaders,
prevention and treatment specialists, and health care
professionals, has been at work for two years.
For more information about the campaign, visit
www.mappsd.org.
If you are interested in receiving additional materials or would
like a meth prevention speaker to visit your school, call
South
Dakota’s METH Awareness and Prevention Project at
1-800-343-9272.
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