[Vision2020] a meth problem in Moscow? (was Two Questions)

[keely emerinemix]

(I realize I just echoed Tom's question -- sorry about that.  Reading chronologically 
gets me every time).

If Nancy Chaney said that Moscow does not have a meth problem, I would be dismayed beyond measure.  Having spent an enormous amount of time working with a meth addict and a few of her friends in the Moscow area over the last five or six years, it's clear to me that Moscow proper and the outlying rural areas is choking with a meth problem.  

Our friend Shannon, now deceased, was addicted.  Her husband, also a dear friend, was the biggest meth dealer on the Palouse and is now serving prison time because of it.  Her daughter has had a terrible time escaping its clutches, as have other friends of Shannon's.  I organized her funeral in March 2009; some 75 people, many of whom were meth users, showed up to honor her memory, and I have heard of a successful, long-lasting recovery for only one or two of them.  I know another family dealing with methamphetamine use and remember how heartsick I was when I found out that an elementary school classmate of my son's -- right here in Moscow -- had to be taken from her home because of one parent's addiction.  The Celebrate Recovery program at Bridge Bible Church appears to be growing, as well; many of its clients are meth-affected.

Of course, many of our neighbors, both on the Right and on the Left, also don't think Moscow has an HIV problem, a domestic violence problem, or a hunger problem.  Some on the Christian Right locally have made it clear none of those things -- IF they existed -- would be of any particular concern to them, and that's shameful.  But my experience with some on the Left has lead me to see an insularity that fosters the notion that since none of their acquaintances use meth, or get the shit beaten out of them by their husbands, or go to bed hungry, or live with undiagnosed HIV, it must not be a problem.  That's just as shameful, and I would be surprised if, in fact, Mayor Chaney thought meth wasn't an issue in her town.

It saddens me greatly that I know otherwise.

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




From: 1000acres at gmail.com
To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:40:45 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Two Questions . . .



















I heard that Mayor Chaney said Moscow does not have a meth
problem, so chose not to participate.

 

bj

 





From: Tom Hansen
[mailto:thansen at moscow.com] 

Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:35 PM

To: '1000Acres'; 'Moscow Vision 2020'

Cc: BJ Swanson

Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Two Questions . . .





 

BJ –

 

Is there any reason why the city of Moscow may have chosen NOT
to participate in such a positive-oriented program?

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 





From: 1000Acres
[mailto:1000acres at gmail.com] 

Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:31 PM

To: 'Tom Hansen'; 'Moscow Vision 2020'

Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Two Questions . . .





 

Tom,

 

These were done by the Gritman Junior Volunteers.  Here’s
more:

 

               
http://www.uiargonaut.com/content/view/10376/48:testset/

 

Unfortunately, I understand the City of Moscow is the only large
community in the State of Idaho that chose not to participate in the Idaho Meth
Project.

 

B. J. Swanson

 





From:
vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Hansen

Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:35 PM

To: Moscow Vision 2020

Subject: [Vision2020] Two Questions . . .





 

1)  Who created this
piece?

 

2)  Why don’t we see
more of it around town?

 



 

Seeya round town (with more
art like this), Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

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