National Institute on Drug Abuse paper on Methamphetamine Abuse.
The abuse of methamphetamine— a potent and highly addictive psychostimulant— is a very serious problem in the United States. Initially limited to Hawaii and western parts of the country, methamphetamine abuse continues to spread eastward, with rural and urban areas everywhere increasingly affected. According to one national survey, approximately 10 million people in the United States have tried methamphetamine at least once.
This report, from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, includes almost every statistic on methamphetamine abuse in the US.
The following questions are comprehensively answered:
- What is methamphetamine?
- What is the scope of methamphetamine abuse in the United States?
- How is methamphetamine abused?
- How is methamphetamine different from other stimulants, such as cocaine?
- What are the immediate (short-term) effects of methamphetamine abuse?
- What are the long-term effects of methamphetamine abuse?
- What are the risks of methamphetamine abuse during pregnancy?
- Are methamphetamine abusers at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C?
- What treatments are effective for methamphetamine abusers?
- Where can I get further scientific information about methamphetamine abuse?
Including diagrams and high-quality visual representations of data, this report is a perfect source of information for any methamphetamine researcher.
