The Chairman of the Committee I was watching today suddenly asked "What happened to the crack and all the other drugs? Are all the crack users just out there flim-flamming around?"

Although the quote caused laughter, he was asking a serious question. Meth has become the focal point and popular drug to be against this year. Everyone is involved in preventing meth use and helping people who are already addicted. While it is always good to have a cause, it is sad when other causes suffer due to the popularity of the season. Are fewer people using heroine and crack just because we ignore it? Did Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" finally begin to work? Our First Lady Dawn Gibbons has made Meth her cause this year, if she tells people to say no perhaps that will solve the problem.

I suppose the same thing is happening with the one-shot appropriations as well this session. Several legislators don't want to give money to non-profits. Perhaps that is more fair, but the more money one non-profit gets the less money the others receive. An unfortunate reality we face when dealing with budgets.