Deseret Morning News, Friday, December 15, 2006
By Dennis Romboy
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and his wife have made friends with the people in their neighborhood, including some hooked on methamphetamine.
A residential treatment center called House of Hope is a couple of doors down from the Governor's Mansion on South Temple. Their neighbors are moms who are trying to fight meth addiction, said Mike Mower, the governor's spokesman.
The Huntsmans visited women in the house and Mary Kaye Huntsman had them over for a tea party.
"The governor realizes the insidious nature of meth use and its disproportionate use among young women, often young mothers," Mower said.
To turn that tide, Huntsman's proposed state budget includes $5.1 million a year (half from Medicaid) to place 600 more women in treatment programs, giving priority to those involved with the Utah Division of Child and Family Services.
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