Meth doesn't only affect those who use it, but their family members, friends and community, as well. As a concerned citizen, there is a lot you can do in the fight against this devastating drug. Here are ways you can help your community take action.

Educate Yourself
The Partnership's Meth Health Education Feature is here to help you learn the facts about meth. And we are continually updating our site with new stories, information and resources so there is always more to learn.

Spread the Word
  • Once you've learned the facts about the dangers of meth, talk about it with your friends, neighbors, coworkers and most importantly your children. Learn ways to talk to your kids about drugs
  • Put up anti-meth posters in as many stores in your area as possible as well as where you work.
  • Write letters to your local newspaper and television stations to encourage them to cover any meth-related stories -- or share your personal experience with them.
  • Send emails with anti-meth links or articles to your friends to make them more aware of the dangers of the drug.
  • Take advantage of when you encounter neighbors at the supermarket, a school play, the movies or even while filling up your gas tank and talk about the meth problem in your community.
Be Alert
  • Look for signs of meth use, production and dealing throughout your neighborhood. For more information, visit our Meth FAQ.
  • Find out how to spot and report suspicious activity to the police. Report meth labs in your community to local law enforcement.
  • If you're moving into a new home, ask your real estate broker if they know of any meth labs that have been in the area.
  • Find out what you can do if you suspected there is a meth lab in your area?
  • Share materials with local area schools to assist teachers and administrators in spotting a child who has been exposed to meth or may be living among a meth lab.

Take Action
  • Speak out in schools, places of worship or any public community forum and educate others about the dangers of meth.
  • Link to www.drugfree.org/meth from your website.
  • Encourage family and friends struggling with meth use to get help
  • Join a local community educational, support or activist group. Read about one community group
  • Join the Parent Partners. Go to drugfree.org and click on My Partnership.
  • Volunteer to work with children who have lost their parents to meth or with social workers who working with children left behind from addicted parents.
  • Report meth labs in your community to local law enforcement.
  • Volunteer in a local treatment center, hospital or burn center, where unfortunately many meth cooks and their children wind up.
  • Advocate for an in-school meth education program at PTA meetings and teacher conferences.
  • Organize landlord forums to inform them of the risks and signs of meth labs in their buildings.
  • Visit our forum to share your story and discuss your thoughts about meth.
  • Work with the local police to set up a Block Watch program in your neighborhood.

Reach Out!
Ending meth requires support and resources from across your community. The following are some of the groups in your area who can help stop meth:

  • Community prevention coalitions
  • Treatment organizations
  • Law enforcement
  • Courts
  • Legal professionals
  • Child welfare/development/protection services and agencies
  • Fire protection and emergency services
  • Local businesses and retailers
  • Any media source
  • Secondary schools and parent organizations
  • Local colleges and universities
  • Mental health agencies
  • Faith communities
  • Real estate and public housing agencies