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The drug comes as a pill or a powder, though crystal meth looks like glass or shiny blueish white rocks. Users who smoke or inject meth report feeling a brief and intense rush, while ingesting or snorting produces a long-lasting high, according to information from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Both effects release dopamine into the brain that regulate feelings of pleasure. It's sometimes used for medical treatment of attention deficit disorder or obesity. Small amounts create increased wakefulness, decreased appetite and violent behavior, along with rapid and irregular heart rate, increased blood pressure and hyperthermia. High doses can elevate body temperature to lethal levels or cause cardiovascular collapse, extreme anorexia, dental problems and memory loss. Overdosing causes death from heart attacks or organ problems generated by overheating. To home inspector Jared Fenn, meth is a huge issue that no one seems to talk about. "It's a much bigger problem than people want to admit or realize," he said. "The problem here in Utah County is that it's 'Happy Valley.' Nothing goes wrong here and everybody's happy. But meth is a huge problem." He and his team in Orem work as home inspectors with the national franchise Pillar to Post. They inspect homes in Utah, Sanpete, Juab, Carbon, Emery, Sevier and Millard counties, often working with home buyers worried about buying a meth-contaminated house. Inspecting a residence for meth contamination is an extra service his business provides in addition to regular home inspections, much like radon or mold screening. "It's the first step in getting that peace of mind when you're buying a property," he explained. But when it comes to meth contamination, "there's really nothing that you can look for." "Of the houses we've had test positive, half of them were ones we never would've suspected," Fenn said. A common misconception is that only cooking meth causes contamination. But traces of meth gets into the carpet and the w... (eaning up contamination: What happens to meth houses)
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Students going hungry and food being wasted: those are the concerns of a parent in the Putnam City School District.Crystal Timm tells us she was outraged Tuesday when her two sons came home from school at Putnam City West and told her some of their peers in the free or reduced lunch program were being forced to throw their lunches away."If it comes back that their free or reduced lunch hasn't been processed, or they don't have the cash to pay for it, the lunch lady takes the tray and throws it in the garbage can next to them,” Timms said.The district confirms that some students’ lunches were taken away, but Chief Communications Officer Steve Lindley says they were not thrown away. Instead, Lindley says they were placed to the side and the student was directed to the lunch manager's office to get a program application.Tuesday was the deadline for the applications to be completed by a parent and returned.“About 820 to 830 students at Putnam City West received meals either because they paid for them or because parents had filled out the paperwork and submitted it,” Lindley said. "135 did not because t... (KOKH FOX25)
Republican/Conservative mayoral nominee Nicole Malliotakis should deploy her own four-word motto: “Clean Up New York!” That battle cry would crystallize what New Yorkers already know: Democratic mayor Bill de Blasio has made a grimy mess of America’s premier metropolis. There is plenty to clean up, all of which the Staten Island state assemblywoman easily could articulate:Clean up the garbage. A random walk down any New York street these days confirms that litter, refuse, and overall squalor are widespread. Thoroughfares that were tidy under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and well tended under Mayor Michael Bloomberg now are trashed under Bill de Blasio, the former Warren Wilhelm Jr. Broad avenues and narrow side streets teem with discarded fast-food containers, rubbish tornadoes, and other detritus. Vagrants invade trash bags and pillage bottles and cans, which they sell to recyclers. Thoroughfares that were tidy under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and well tended under Mayor Michael Bloomberg now are trashed under Bill de Blasio, the former Warren Wilhelm Jr. This nasty habit and the overall collapse of hygiene have local rats doing cartwheels. Rodents have become more visible and brazen. Rather than skitter about only on quiet streets late at night, rats popped up last month on Park Avenue near 34th Street and at the corner of Broadway and 14th Street — extremely busy intersections — barely at dusk. While visiting my local shoe-repair shop, which I have frequented for at least a decade, I saw a mouse dart along the baseboard. I alerted the owner. (National Review)
Nothing about today’s bill or so-called compromise amendments appease our concerns. In fact, we’ve made crystal clear that Yucca Mountain is dangerous and a threat to Nevadans and the millions of visitors who come to our state each year. I’ve said this before and I will say it again: Nevada will not compromise on becoming a nuclear waste dumping ground and I will fight tooth and nail to see that Yucca Mountain is dead, once and for all.”(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)... (KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe Sparks News ... - KTVN)
Crystal Pier at sunset. / Photo by Thomas Melville San Diego Coastkeeper has partnered with Iconic Industry Inc. to hold a beach cleanup at Pacific Beach’s Crystal Pier 10 a.m. to noon Friday, June 30. This effort is part of the company’s efforts to give back to one of their favorite places to live and work and inspire other companies to do more good. In 2016, 6,568 volunteers removed 187,231 items of trash weighing 9,502 pounds total, but San Diego beaches still need attention to keep aquatic playgrounds fishable and swimmable. ... (San Diego Community News)