Subject: Methamphetamine

• Methology - Part III

  Arizona is awash in crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that makes the weak strong, the lazy motivated, the fat thin, the trivial profound. Abuse it enough, and it can also make you psychotic.

  December 18, 1997

• Methology - Part I

  Arizona is awash in crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that makes the weak strong, the lazy motivated, the fat thin, the trivial profound. Abuse it enough, and it can also make you psychotic.

  December 18, 1997

• Methology - Part II

  Arizona is awash in crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that makes the weak strong, the lazy motivated, the fat thin, the trivial profound. Abuse it enough, and it can also make you psychotic.

  December 18, 1997

• Letters

  January 1, 1998

• Meth Mess

  Methamphetamine labs are springing up all over--in homes, apartments, motels. Who's making sure the toxins left behind are cleaned up? Nobody.

  January 22, 1998

• Suspects of Convenience

  The sting targeted stores selling over-the-counter medicines that could be cooked into meth. But the cops warned major retailers to stop the sales while throwing the book at mom-and-pop shops, most of which are owned by Arab immigrants.

  May 28, 1998

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 17, 2005

  November 17, 2005

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 8, 2005

  December 8, 2005

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 15, 2005

  December 15, 2005

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 22, 2005

  December 22, 2005

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 29, 2005

  December 29, 2005

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 5, 2006

  January 5, 2006

• Researcher Says Anti-Meth Ads Don't Work and Waste Taxpayer Funds

  Research from Down Under published in a scientific journal recently claims the anti-meth advertising program in Montana, (the one on which the Arizona Meth Project is based), wastes millions of taxpayer dollars because it isn't effective. David Erceg-Hurn, a doctoral student at the University of Western Australia, published the paper in the December 2008 edition of Prevention Science journal and was soon asked by Montana's governor to come to the state to talk about it. Instead, Erceg-

  February 13, 2009

• Hot Links: Light Rail, Meth Salon, and Pelosi's Capitol Cats

  A spokesman for APS says the company's seen a 45 percent increase in power thefts, with people running cables to utility lines or neighbors' homes. APS says high jacking power is not only illegal, but dangerous, and vows to prosecute power thieves. SRP, on the other hand, reports that power thefts are down because of "smart meters" that detect possible power thefts faster...A light rail train hit a car at Central and Highland last night, after the car reportedly turned in front of the train. No

  March 18, 2009

• Hot Links: Tax Breaks, Meth Labs, and Stink-Free Undies

  The city of Phoenix will offer tax breaks to business owners, giving them a two-month amnesty period between April 15 and June 15 to file delinquent taxes without a penalty. The interest rate for delinquent taxes will be cut from six percent to three percent during the amnesty period...Perhaps business owners downtown could use the tax break to offset this new cost: parking meter rates have been raised from 60 cents per hour to $1.50 per hour. The city expects the price hike to add about $1

  March 24, 2009

• Former Korn guitarist Brian Welch finds Jesus

  June 19, 2008

• Edifice Complex

  January 10, 2008

• Meth Madness

  For $5 million, Arizona can grow its population of meth users -- just like Montana

  April 27, 2006

• The New Meth

  When it comes to preventing -- and treating -- crystal meth addiction, Arizona may be getting a clue

  March 30, 2006

• Crystal Not-So-Clear

  The feathered fiend blasts the fact-challenged Republic and ASU's prudish student-body prez, plus examines a tiff at Tranzylvania

  December 15, 2005

• Methology Redux

  When it comes to Arizona's meth addiction, there are no easy solutions

  December 15, 2005

• Fast Times at Westwind junior high

  Any way you add it up, kids at one Valley middle school were dealing meth out of their backpacks

  December 15, 2005

• Meth Treatment

  Meth addiction isn't impossible to beat -- but the treatment's not cheap. And good luck finding it

  December 8, 2005

• Bad Medicine

  Locking up cold medicine makes the politicians feel good -- but it won't put a dent in Arizona's meth habit

  December 8, 2005

• Meth and Sex

  Tweakers, straight and gay, are obsessed with sex. The result is that pregnancy and HIV-infection rates among meth-heads are increasing at alarming rates

  November 24, 2005

• Ice, Ice, Baby

  Arizona moms are abusing meth more than any other drug. Want to get them clean, save the family and save tax dollars? Try dangling their kids as the carrot

  November 24, 2005

• Meth Fatalities

  Methamphetamine is number-one with a bullet when it comes to violent death in Phoenix

  November 3, 2005

• The New Boss

  Police have shut down most of the meth labs in Phoenix, but now the drug is a big import from Mexico -- cheap, pure and more plentiful than ever

  November 3, 2005

• Moral Absurdity

  The Arizona Legislature should start caring more about children than zygotes

  April 14, 2005

• The Street

  Tales of tragic stupidity and opportunistic thieves

  September 11, 2003

• The Street

  From vile meth labs to safecrackers, the Street has the Valley covered

  September 4, 2003

• Drug War Cowboys

  The DEA may finally get its man

  December 21, 2000

• The Truck Stops Here

  Pickup owner driven to distraction by vehicle forfeiture snafu

  April 27, 2000

• Tweaking the Truth

  Sheriff's office reluctantly turns over drug report on dead inmate

  December 17, 1998

• Just Announced: Third Eye Blind, Aerosmith, Erykah Badu

  Third Eye Blind: Still alive.Did you know that Third Eye Blind is still around? Yeah, me either, but the "Semi-Charmed Life" guys (they were crystal meth before crystal meth was cool!) are still a band and still touring, apparently at venues as large as the Marquee. Go figure. What other bands you used to listen to are not dead? Read on for a full run-down of last week's concert announcements.

  April 27, 2009

• Hot Links: Mesa Meth, MSCO Officer Busted, and Pink Cabaret

  As we reported yesterday, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin was fired. Now, it looks almost certain his replacement will be Director of Player Development, A.J. Hinch. An official announcement will be made today at a 3 p.m. press conference...Mesa police arrested four illegal immigrants and confiscated 16 pounds of meth on Wednesday, in what's being called the largest meth bust in Mesa's history. Police were acting on a tip from a concerned citizen when they made the raid, which also turne

  May 8, 2009

• Meth Warnings Drawn by Local Kids to be Put in Statewide Poster

  This anti-meth artwork of three Valley kids will be incorporated into a widely distributed poster following a contest by the state Attorney General's Office: First Place: Alison Calabrese, Wigwam Creek Middle School, Litchfield Park (above)

  May 21, 2009

• "Liquid Meth" Seized Near Border; California Man Arrested

  A California man tried to drive through the international border at Naco last week with about 13 pounds of liquid meth in his pickup's windshield washer reservoir. The find is part of an ongoing trend in the world of illegal drugs to package methamphetamine in ways that make smuggling easier and gives users alternate ingestion methods. A search for "liquid meth" pulled up stories from Alabama to Idaho. The shipment was found after a customs agent at the border had a hunch about the 55-year-old

  May 26, 2009

• Arizona Targeted in Federal Anti-Meth Ad Campaign; Are They Trying to Tell Us We Have a Problem?

  www.ebaumsworld.com​According to national statistics, you are likely to see more toothless meth-heads roaming the streets of Phoenix than almost anywhere in the country. As a result, Phoenicians have a new anti-meth ad campaign to look forward to, compliments of the federal government.If it's even half as terrifying as the horrific ads from The Arizona Meth Project, we're all in for a treat.Federal Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske says that Arizona is one of 16 states with the worst meth proble

  September 2, 2009

• Three-Week-Old Girl Not Expected to Survive Injuries Police Say Were Caused by Her Father

  Brian Mark Hopf​The 3-week-old girl, who police say suffered some gruesome injuries at the hands of her father, 25-year-old Brian Mark Hopf, is not expected to survive. Hopf poked the girl in the eyes,police say, and dropped her on the floor, leaving her with several skull fractures, broken ribs, and other serious injuries. According to authorities, there is evidence that the girl was sexually abused. Hopf, an admitted meth addict, says he accidentally dropped the girl and poked h

  September 9, 2009

• Nearly $10,000 Worth of Meth Found in Potato Chip Bag on its Way to Phoenix

  Department of Public SafetyIf you look past the Lays, you can see what police estimate to be close to $10,000 worth of meth​A routine traffic stop resulted in the seizure of nearly $10,000 worth of crystal meth on its way to Phoenix late last week.

  October 6, 2009

• Phoenix New Times Seeks Critic for Weekly Reviews of the Meth Scene

  Montana Meth ProjectDon't worry, she's not a meth addict, she just plays one in Andy Thomas' ad campaign -- we want the real deal.​Phoenix New Times is asking local meth-heads to put those euphoric buzzes or even shattered dreams to use by applying to write a new weekly column called, "You Do the Meth."New Times' sister paper in Denver, Westword, announced last week that it's taking applications for a marijuana critic to review different types of weed and the ambiance of local marijuana parlo

  October 27, 2009