Pubdate: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 Source: Deseret News (UT) Copyright:
1999 Deseret News Publishing Corp. Author:  Dennis Romboy,
Deseret News staff writer   Use Of Drug For Weight Loss May Be
Rising Among Utah Women  Luann Kahus liked what she saw in the
mirror. A tall, slender, raven-haired woman in her early 40s.
Nice teeth. Wide smile. A new grandma who could slip easily into
a size 5 dress if not a size 3.  This weight-loss drug was great
for her figure, not that she was ever overweight anyway.  At
first she thought she'd just take it for a short time. But it
made her feel so good. Extremely good, euphoric even. And her
looks. Wow! The diet pills - amphetamines - Kahus had taken
before were nothing like this stuff.  "This is really cool," she
recalls thinking. "I thought, 'I can do this every day and stay
skinny.' "  Before long, Kahus was hooked on methamphetamine, a
powerfully addictive illegal stimulant that counts loss of
appetite among its many devastating side effects.  Appearances,
though, can be deceivin