USA: Gonzales announces new anti-meth campaign

NASHVILLE, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and two other high-level U.S. officials have offered "innovative solutions" for the growing methamphetamine problem.

The trio appeared in a Nashville drug court to outline a plan of attack in an apparent response to congressional charges that the Bush administration was ignoring methamphetamine abuse.

"The scourge of methamphetamine demands unconventional thinking and innovative solutions to fight the devastation it leaves behind," Gonzales said. "I have directed U.S. attorneys to make prosecution of methamphetamine-related crimes a top priority and seek the harshest penalties."

Gonzales was joined in Nashville by the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, John P. Walters, and Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt.

They announced $1 million for anti-meth ads, $16.2 million over three years for treatment grants, and a new Web site -- MethResources.gov -- which contains information about the drug, the Los Angeles Times said.

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Pubdate: Fri, 19th August 2005
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