Cash to combat crank coming, says Walden
Some $375,000 in federal funding for the
Oregon Partnership to combat methamphetamine abuse will be forthcoming.
Congressmen Greg Walden (R-Second District.), Darlene Hooley (D-Fifth District), Earl Blumenauer (D-Third District), and David Wu (D-First District) made the announcement jointly. The Oregon members secured the federal investment in the fiscal year 2008 Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations Act (H.R. 3093).
Oregon Partnership will use the funds to operate Target Meth Oregon, “a statewide multipronged strategy that empowers citizen leaders, parents, business and faith leaders, and youth to take back their communities from meth abuse.”
The program will publish a community organizing guide, produce localized anti-meth advertisements, and operate a 24/7 Crisis Line accessible from throughout the state. The funding also will be used to
produce Youth Voices/Youth Choices, “an innovative student-driven film
project providing students the opportunity to write and produce their own documentary on methamphetamine abuse.”
“Across the state, Oregon Partnership educates local leaders on how to
identify meth abuse and production in their communities, and provides creative drug prevention programs that speak directly to Oregon's youth,” said Walden.
“The far-reaching effects of meth on human life and the environment are tremendously devastating, and the federal investment we secured in the House will help Oregon Partnership continue to lead the fight against this terrible scourge.
“I stand with the rest of the delegation and Oregon Partnership in continuing to make the campaign against meth a top priority for the state.”
Said Hooley, a
member of the Congressional Caucus to Fight & Control Methamphetamine, “Never in my three decades of public service have I seen a problem more pervasive or damaging than the meth epidemic.
“Meth started as a West Coast drug, but it’s spreading across the country
like wildfire, destroying families and devastating communities in its wake.
Identity theft and other crimes associated with meth abuse continue to threaten our economy.
“Only with a united front we will be able
to stop this epidemic.”
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