Teen Crisis Intervention in the Meth War
Teen crisis intervention designed to combat the meth scourge enveloping the country becomes all the more urgent when one realizes all of the tragic consequence that result from the production and sale of that drug. The following story, unfortunately is not rare.
“Wired on methamphetamine and craving more, Ricky Dale Houchens set out one night last November to cook a fresh batch of the drug. He met some buddies in rural Scottsville, Ky., at a trailer that doubled as a crude lab. As the concoction simmered, Houchens, 27, noticed it was getting too hot. When he picked up the pitcher, the bottom gave way and the combustible mixture splashed onto a burner. The resulting blast engulfed Houchens in a ball of fire. “I felt my face just melting,” he recalls.”
Police investigators are stymied by being unable to arrest victims of meth lab explosions.
“Few meth-lab burn victims ever face arrest. Authorities are reluctant to enter hospitals because of the potential chilling effect on doctors and nurses who have a professional responsibility to treat all patients.”
Unfortunately, many teens at risk for meth addiction fail to realize the severe consequences of experimenting with this extremely addictive drug. For some, it is an addiction that they will never defeat.
Relevant Tags:addictive drug, crisis intervention, meth addiction, teen crisis intervention, teens at risk, teen crisis“Guy recalls…the Kentucky burn patient, it took less than a month after his discharge for him to snort a line of meth again. “I felt bad, like I let everybody down,” he says. But meth is “Lucifer himself.”
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