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Articles about Crystal Meth
and Methamphetamine
Reaching
freedom from addiction
Treating methamphetamine addiction may be one of the most
difficult challenges in the field of substance abuse recovery. The
drug’s complex array of severe effects, coupled with a changing health
care industry, have left treatment professionals seeking new answers.
Methamphetamine, biggest illegal drug menace in America
Published: Monday, 28-Feb-2005
Ten Attorneys General and officials from 13 other states came together
today to attack what they called the biggest illegal drug menace in
America: the use and production of methamphetamine.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=8016
Beating
an Addiction to Meth
By Julia Sommerfeld of MSNBC
Researchers zero in on brain effects, treatment approaches
Smoking methamphetamine produces a brief, intense "rush" and can result
in long-term neurological damage.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3076519/
Children of
Ice
The ice
epidemic has touched tens of thousands of lives in Hawai'i. It has an impact on
our families, our children, our schools, our crime rate, our prisons, our
businesses.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/current/ln/childrenofice
Crystal
addict must hit bottom first: experts
Published October 3, 2003
Patience advised for family, friends often
manipulated by meth abusers
http://www.aegis.com/news/wb/2003/WB031003.html
'Meth' moves east
Published July 29, 2003
Methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that for years was a concern in a
few Western states, now is being made nationwide in clandestine labs that are
creating environmental hazards and other problems in residential areas.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-07-29-meth-cover_x.htm
MethsDeadly Buzz: The Hidden Drug Crisis
AnMSNBC.com special report
http://www.msnbc.com/news/510835.asp
Sierra
Club Magazine
Toxic
waste from clandestine drug labs in the
rural West being dumped on the land and
into streams, sewage systems and
landfills.
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200101/meth.asp
A Meth Diary:
Denise's Nightmare (November 8, 1998)
In a seven-part series, Kansas City Star reporter Matthew Schofield and
photographer David Pulliam examine the methamphetamine problem through the eyes of one of
its survivors.
http://www.kcstar.com/projects/methdiary/
Methology
A three part article on the lives of several users while under the influence.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/1997-12-18/feature2.html
Special
Report: The Meth Monster
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporters Michelle Bradford and Pamela Hill, over the
course of three months, conducted interviews and compiled research about the production,
trafficking and abuse of methamphetamine in Northwest Arkansas.
http://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/meth0699/index.asp
Methamphetamine: A potent high that kills your brain cells
At low doses the drug can block hunger, focus attention, steady the heart and boost
endurance. "Let's say between the age of 16 and 23, I did a lot of meth and then I
stopped. Still, I knocked out 30 percent of my dopamine neurons. I might still have enough
dopamine to function now, but what happens to me when I'm 65 - I'm looking like I've got
chronic schizophrenia".
Methamphetamine Invades Middle America
Excerpted from ENN EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORT-Sunday, April 13, 1997
Vol. 1 - 103
http://www.emergency.com/methinvd.htm
A
health peril for all of us
MSNBC
article on how you don’t need to smoke,
snort or shoot it to screw up your body.
Just hang out with someone whose clothes
soaked up fumes from its caustic ingredients.
http://msnbc.com/news/498826.asp?cp1=1
MAP - Drug
Policy Reform
Listing
of articles about all drugs. Slanted towards a
positive view in some areas.
DEA - Publications - Get It Straight!
U.S. Department of Justice site aimed at informing children about drugs.
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/straight/meth.htm
DEA
- Drug Enforcement Administration
Drugs of Concern
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/concern.htm
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