Crary, David, <br/><br/>
Kids Suffer from Parents' Meth Addiction. 
David Crary. 
 -  Des Moines Register,  2005. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.  Article 71,  Health,  1522-323X; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.  Originally Published: Kids Suffer from Parents' Meth Addiction, March 28, 2005; pp. n.p.. 
<br/><br/> "Jittery babies, mistreated toddlers, strung-out mothers: Cheryll Jones' pediatric nursing practice is far from what it was when she started out 30 years ago--long before methamphetamine invaded this riverside Corn Belt town [Ottumwa, Iowa]. 'If anybody told me my primary caseload would be kids exposed to illicit drugs, I'd have said they were crazy,' said Jones, who now runs a local task force helping the most helpless victims of the nation's meth epidemic--small children whose parents make and use the highly addictive drug. The scars are inflicted in myriad ways: Exposure to the drug in the womb, contamination from toxic chemicals used in home-based meth manufacture, explosions and fires, long-term neglect from parents obsessed with their drug habits, physical abuse and sexual abuse. Many of the meth-lab homes are filthy, often strewn with drug paraphernalia and pornography; meth-making chemicals have been found in diaper bags and toy chests." (DES MOINES REGISTER) This article presents a grim picture of the physical and emotional abuse being imposed on children by their methamphetamine-using parents. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-323X; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abusive parents<br/>Child abuse<br/>Children of drug addicts<br/>Drug abuse--Social aspects<br/>Methamphetamine<br/>Parents--Drug use
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050