Q&A with: Michael Easter

Q&A with: Michael Easter
I'm an alcoholic drug addict in recovery. I have a criminal background. I went to Oregon State Penitentiary for manufacturing methamphetamine, two counts of manufacturing, and there I got the opportunity to go to the Oregon State Boot Camp, which was a … Read more on Daily Astorian

That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of Addicts
And drugs not traditionally in wide use here, including crystal methamphetamine, are now figuring in the problem as well. Perhaps nowhere in Afghanistan presents a bleaker picture of addiction than Herat Province. Widely held up as a success story, the … Read more on New York Times

New plan to tackle ice use
FRONT-LINE workers will be better trained to deal with ice users. Prison officers, community corrections staff, sheriffs and dispute settlement mediators will be given the skills to tackle the methamphetamine (ice) use in the community. … “If a … Read more on Bendigo Advertiser