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Piece Description
This month pharmacies in the state began storing cold medications containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter. The bill is an attempt to restrict access to one of the key ingredients needed to make methamphetamine. In the first of our series Methamphetamine: A Home Cooked Threat KUOW's Patricia Murphy takes a look at the drug and it's effects on users.
Broadcast History
This aired locally during Morning Edition in October 2005. Reporter Patricia Murphy won a national Edward R. Murrow award for her previous series, Taming the Snake. http://www.prx.org/pieces/1522
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Review of Life After Meth
This piece is great! It gives you the Who, What and Why of "Meth". It took the complicated topic of "Meth" and (simply) broke it down. I really see this piece appealing to teens and giving them the needed information of "Meth", rather then trying to hide it, praying that we just wont fall victim to it. I can really see this piece being used in High School, health education classes. It brings public awareness to a very foggy subject and focuses on the rare, a survivor of the drug. Finally the narrator voice and observations were amazing, demanding and attention grabbing!