Methamphetamine

Running head: METHAMPHETAMINE

Methamphetamine

Tara

Itt-technical Institute

Methamphetamine

Abstract

This paper is about the methamphetamine epidemic, why it is important and the affects it has on everyone involved. It not only affects the user but also family, friends and the victims of the user’s crime. I went about getting my information from personal knowledge and experience along with extensive internet research. I found huge amounts of information everywhere I looked, I found information that supported my first assumption which is, methamphetamine is a seriously devastating addiction. I also came across information I was already aware of.

Methamphetamine

The drug that I am going to examine is methamphetamine. The methamphetamine epidemic has plagued many cities, small towns and even countries. Methamphetamine has overtaken cocaine as the biggest drug problem in rural and small towns in the US, according to a crime survey of 45 states. A survey of 500 county law enforcement agencies found meth-related arrests had gone up over the past three years. More than half of the police, sheriff departments and other agencies polled said the highly addictive substance was their biggest drug problem (Bonnй, 2006).

Methamphetamine is the primary drug threat in California. Within the state, Hispanics and Caucasians are the almost exclusive consumers of meth. Purity levels of meth have ranged from a low of 10% to a high of 100% pure (DEA, 2006).

Methamphetamine,