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AM.MN: As if Social Security weren’t enough, Gen X to clean up meth mess

By Chris Steller | 06.02.09 | 8:30 am

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Minneapolis and St. Paul tear down vacant houses by the hundreds while suburbs and outlying towns face waves of foreclosures that leave homes empty. Meanwhile in rural Minnesota, a persistent meth craze continues to ravage not only people…

Demand for meth treatment is down, but anti-meth billboards are still up

By Chris Steller | 02.06.09 | 11:22 am

Good news: Demand for help to get off meth is down by half in the Twin Cities. And that indicates lower meth use, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Minnesota Public Radio reports. The proportion of meth-related admissions…

Progress Against Meth, but Problem Still Critical

By Leigh Pomeroy | 04.10.07 | 6:22 pm

Rep. Walz: “If we don’t take care of these things now, we’ll pay for them later.”

methIt was an impressive speaker list: State Sen. Julie Rosen, DFL-Fairmont; Ramsey County Attorney and presumptive gubernatorial…