My name is Megan Slone. I'm 21 years old and I'm currently incarcerated at Madison Correctional Unit on a class B felony of dealing meth. Since coming to prison I've been accepted into the G.R.I.P. Program (Growth, Responsibility, Integrity, Purpose). It's a therapeutic substance abuse community for treating addictions and reducing recidivism. It's teaching me things about my addiction and myself but more importantly about my recovery when I was on the streets, trying to get help.
There weren't very many options for a meth addict. I currently have a subscription to the Times-Union and now, at least once a week, there is an article on meth awareness or meth support. I think it's amazing how my community has pulled together to help people who are lost in their own addiction or who have loved ones that are struggling in addiction and also to inform those who were clueless to the effects of this demon. I'm 100 percent behind the new pseudoephedrine laws.
I also believe there should be a few other items made available by identification only and maybe even have a "tracking system." When I am released I plan on being as much a part of the community's fight against meth as possible. I want to say thank you to the Meth Awareness Partnership and to the Times-Union for all the time and effort they have put into informing people of this problem. I would also like to thank Annie Zartman and Amber Blackford for their efforts in forming support group families. Thank you.
