Meth Use Receding in Some Regions

April 2, 2007 By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer Meth Use Receding in Some Regions (AP)

Barbara Lehmann, right, president of the Dodge Flower neighborhood association, speaks with Jennifer Webb, left, during a break in a landlord-tenant crime prevention workshop in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, March 22, 2007. (AP Photos/John Miller)

(AP) -- At one Minneapolis-area high school, the methamphetamine problem got so bad in recent years that staff members sometimes caught students trying to attend class while high.



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