Nanaimo City Councillor Merv Unger wants children to be given a more forceful message on how dangerous and addictive the drug crystal meth really is‚ the Nanaimo News Bulletin reported.
Unger’s concern stems in part from reports he’s heard from other communities that drug dealers are spraying crystal meth on other drugs and even on candy to try to snare younger users. He wants to stop that from happening in Nanaimo.
“We think we have problems with it now‚ but when you start reaching kids and putting it in candy‚ I think we need to start scaring . . . people,” said Unger‚ who chairs the city’s Safer Downtown Working Group‚ which is looking to reduce problems on the streets.
He is recommending that schools hear a presentation from the group Crystal Meth Society of B.C.‚ which has taken its message to 14‚000 students in other communities on Vancouver Island.
The group’s director‚ Mark McLaughlin‚ said when children are asked by a show of hands if they know someone who uses crystal meth‚ “it’s never less than 15 per cent‚ and it’s often as high as 30 or 40 per cent.”
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I think The drug, which stimulates the central nervous system, can cause people to become violent, paranoid and delusional.
These are primary ingredients in the production of crystal meth, a synthetic drug made in illegal labs.
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