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Methamphetamine crisis in Indian Country
Friday, March 31, 2006
Although national statistics are hard to come by, tribes across the nation are reporting that methamphetamine has become a major problem on their reservations.
On the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Chairwoman Kathy Kitcheyan said 63 babies born last year were addicted to meth. More recently, a 14-year-old girl gave birth to a drug baby without feet, the tribe's social services director said.
Meth affects people of all ages. David Dudley, a 20-year-old San Carlos Apache man, was beaten to death at a meth and booze party in January 2005. Just this week, a Navajo grandmother, mother and daughter were arrested for dealing the drug.
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing April 5 to examine meth in Indian Country.
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Tribes across nation confront horrors of meth
(The Arizona Republic 3/31)
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