Agents Say Meth Use 'Big Problem In Payson'   "It's the ultimate
child abuse," says Dr. Mark Ivey of women who use
methamphetamines and other drugs during pregnancy. "To have that
little baby growing in them, and to deliberately expose them to
drugs is criminal. Absolutely criminal."  Ivey, a past president
of the Arizona Medical Association and delegate to the American
Medical Association, operates his family practice in Payson
where so-called "meth babies" are "common," he said. "How
common? I can't say. But even one is too many."  One like the
baby born Dec. 18 to a 20-year-old Payson woman who admitted to
using methamphetamines during her pregnancy and who now may face
drug and child abuse charges for her candor.  According to local
physicians and members to the Gila County Narcotics Task Force,
methamphetamine use is, in the words of one narcotics agent,
"absolutely out of control in Payson, and very few people here
recognize that fact."  Although none of those interviewed for
this story could wager a gu