Drug Information Methamphetamine Meth Trends
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New Trends in Methamphetamine Use. • Methamphetamine is not usually sold and bought on the streets like many of the other known illicit drugs. Users report that they obtain their supplies of methamphetamine from friends and acquaintances. It is typically a more closed or hidden sale, prearranged by "networking" with those producing the drug. Often it is sold "by invitation only" at all-night warehouse parties or "raves." • Because methamphetamine can be made with readily available inexpensive materials, there is great variation in the processes and chemicals used.  Home Meth Lab • Methamphetamine is often being used in dangerous combination with other substances, including cocaine, crack, marijuana, heroin, and alcohol. • Long reported as the dominant drug problem in the San Diego, California, area, methamphetamine has become a substantial drug problem in other sections of the West and southwest as well. The drug has now been reported in both rural and urban areas of the South and Midwest. It is emerging in major urban areas in the East, but not to the extent seen in other regions of the country. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites: |
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