What Can I Do About Meth?

Far beyond the harm it inflicts on users, meth affects whole communities: family members, children, law enforcement officers and first responders, homeowners, social services and healthcare professionals, utility and sanitation workers, real estate professionals and business owners. As a concerned citizen, you can help fight this devastating drug.

Here are ways you can help your community take action.

Educate Yourself

This website and others can help you learn the facts about meth. The site is updated frequently with new stories, information and resources.

Spread the Word

  • Once you’ve learned the facts about the dangers of meth, talk about them with your friends, neighbors, coworkers and most importantly your children.
  • Put up educational posters in stores in your area and where you work.
  • Write letters to your local newspaper and television stations to encourage them to cover meth-related news stories — or share your personal experience with them.
  • Email relevant news articles to your friends to make them more aware of the dangers of this drug.

Be Alert

  • Look for signs of meth use, production and dealing throughout your neighborhood.
  • Report suspicious activity to the police.
  • If you’re moving into a new home, ask your real estate broker about meth activity in the area.
  • Share these fact sheets with local area schools to assist teachers and administrators in spotting the signs of meth use and the signals that a child may be living in a home where meth is used.

Take Action

  • Talk to your kid about the dangers of meth.
  • Speak out in schools, places of worship or any public community forum and educate others about the dangers of meth.
  • Encourage family and friends struggling with meth use to get help.
  • Volunteer at a local treatment center, hospital or burn center, or offer your time to social workers helping at-risk youth and children whose parents suffer from addiction.
  • Advocate for an in-school meth education program at PTA meetings and teacher conferences.
  • Work with the local police to set up a Block Watch program in your neighborhood.
  • Join a meth education, support or activist group.
  • Enlist the help of groups in your community: newspapers and TV stations, faith-based organizations, neighborhood watch programs, local businesses, colleges and universities, real estate and public housing agencies, secondary schools and parents’ organizations.

Reprinted with permission from The Partnership for a Drug-Free America