Effects of D-Methamphetamine
D-methamphetamine became the predominant form of methamphetamine during the late 1980s and is now widely associated with Mexican polydrug trafficking organizations that clandestinely manufacture the drug using the ephedrine or pseudoephedrine reduction method. full text

Meth Use by Women on the Rise
Drug Can Seem Like Answer to Weight Problems, Worries
When Kim Justice-Meyers' storybook life came crashing down and she decided she "wanted to go play," she didn't realize how much power her new toy had. full text

How to Talk with Someone Who is Being Abused
Guidelines for Co-workers
Many people hesitate to speak with women who they think are being abused because they don't quite know what do say, or how to say it. full text

Co-creating a New Reality for Battered Women and Their Children
The Story of Karen Justice Guard
My name is Karen Justice Guard (yes, it's my real name!). I want to tell you a part of my story. full text

Welfare Reform
Welfare Reform in California
On August 11, 1997, Governor Pete Wilson signed legislation to enact Welfare Reform in California. This new program is called "California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids" or CalWORKs. full text

To All Women Who Have Suffered
By Karen Justice Guard
"This is how we know we are alive: hope fills our mind and love fills our hearts. The gifts we can offer others is as simple a thing as hope. We must tell about our hope for the future, but we must not just speak of hope, we must put our hope into action". full text