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Results for methamphetamines (u.s.)
3 results foundAuthor: U.S. Department of Justice. National Drug Intelligence Center Title: National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment Summary: This report presents a national-level strategic assessment of methamphetamine trafficking in the United States. This assessment addresses significant trends in methamphetamine production, transportation, distribution, and abuse. It discusses a wide range of issues, including methamphetamine production in the United States and Mexico and the impact of foreign and domestic methamphetamine production. Details: Johnstown, PA: National Drug Intelligence Center, 2009. 44p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118585 Keywords: Drug Abuse and AddictionDrug TraffickingDrugsMethamphetamines (U.S.) |
Author: Otero, Cathleen Title: Methamphetamine Addiction, Treatment, and Outcomes: Implications for Child Welfare Workers Summary: Methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant associated with serious health and psychiatric conditions, including heart damage and brain damage, impaired thinking and memory problems, aggression, violence, and psychotic behavior. Methamphetamine is also associated with the transmission of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. Child welfare workers are seeing growing numbers of children and families affected by the parent’s use of methamphetamine. In order to make sound decisions for the benefit of children and families, child welfare workers need accurate information about methamphetamine, its effects on parents and their children, and the effectiveness of treatment. This paper presents the most current research in these areas, and offers recommendations for child welfare workers to help them identify and assist children and families affected by a parent’s use of methamphetamine. Details: Irvine, CA: National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, 2006. 39p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 22, 2013 at: http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/files/Meth%20and%20Child%20Safety.pdf Year: 2006 Country: United States URL: http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/files/Meth%20and%20Child%20Safety.pdf Shelf Number: 127704 Keywords: Child ProtectionChild WelfareMethamphetamines (U.S.) |
Author: Williams, Jeremy L. Title: Meth: Resurgence in the South: A Regional Resource Summary: Methamphetamine, or meth, is a highly addictive, synthetically produced, central nervous system stimulant that, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is the most common synthetic drug manufactured in the United States. The recent, rapid growth of methamphetamine users in the United States largely is due to the ability to produce it using conventional, easily accessible chemicals and supplies. While other major illegal drugs, such as cocaine or heroin, are imported from South American or Asian countries, most methamphetamine consumed in the United States is produced locally with a recipe downloaded from the Internet and readily available products like pseudoephedrine and ephedrine (found in decongestants and other cold medications), iodine, rock salt, battery acid, anhydrous ammonia and some basic kitchen items like plastic bags, glass cookware, funnels and soda bottles. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 10 million people 12 years and older have abused methamphetamine in their lifetimes and, in 2005, about 500,000 people were current users. Other than marijuana, it is perhaps the first major drug to have vast quantities produced in rural regions of the country. This is attributable to the fact that meth production requires discrete locations, such as abandoned farms, fields, vehicles, barns and old hotel rooms. The Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) has been tracking the issue of crystal methamphetamine production, distribution and use for almost a decade. In 2001, the SLC published a report, Methamphetamine Production and Abuse in Southern States, which examined the rise in popularity of the drug from the early to mid 1980s and assessed its impacts on Southern states. It concluded that “methamphetamine has taken hold across the South and Midwest. It has become a particularly pernicious and perplexing problem in states such as Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, but policymakers are confronted with a potential increase in the production and use of methamphetamine across the South.” These concerns were not unfounded. Meth has become one of the most dangerous illegal substances in Southern states, and almost every SLC state is seeing annual increases in meth laboratory seizures. According to the DEA, meth labs are, by far, the most common clandestine laboratories in the United States. Details: Atlanta, GA: Southern OFfice of the Council of State Government, 2010. 12p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 1, 2013 at: http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/drupal/system/files/MethResurgence.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/drupal/system/files/MethResurgence.pdf Shelf Number: 127751 Keywords: Drug Abuse and AddictionIllicit DrugsMethamphetamines (U.S.) |