methamphetamines
Meth has proven to be a powerfully addictive drug that reaches across all social strata. Once thought of as a street drug used by the urban poor, now even middle class suburban women have been known to turn to methamphetamines to increase energy and lose weight. Meth addiction is extremely difficult to overcome due to the long-term damage it does to the brain’s ability to feel pleasure naturally. Longer addiction treatment programs (90 days or more) are often needed to give meth addicts a strong foundation for sustained recovery.
Posted under Addiction & Society
Mobile Meth Labs Strain Resources
Regulators and law enforcement work together to try and address the addiction and substance abuse issues that tend to plague the U.S. And, while measures have been taken to regulate approved medications to try and curb abuse, it’s a bit more challenging to fight against home-grown drugs. Continue Reading
Posted under Methamphetamines
CVS Pharmacy to Pay $77.6 Million for Improperly Controlling Sales of Meth Ingredient
CVS Pharmacy Inc. agreed to pay $77.6 million in a case that alleged improper control in selling pseudophedrine, an ingredient in many cold medications that can be used to make methamphetamine.
Posted under Science & Research
SAMHSA Offers $16.8 Million in Awards for Children’s Mental Health
Over the next four years, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will award a total of $16.8 million in grants to mental health service facilities throughout the country that cater to children affected by methamphetamine abuse in their families. The funds will help expand and improve support services for these children that are provided by these groups.
Posted under The Drug Trade
U.S. Demand for Meth a Boon to Mexico’s Violent Drug Lords
Let’s face it, Americans are addicts. We’re addicted to television, the Internet, cigarettes, carbohydrates, alcohol and drugs. Find someone who isn’t addicted to something, and you’ve found a very odd duck, indeed. That’s why peddlers of addictive substances and things, such as drug dealers, love us. If nothing else, Americans are great consumers.
Posted under Methamphetamines
NIH Gives Grant to Study Methamphetamine’s Threat to Oral Health
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has contributed a $1.86 million grant to the University of California, Los Angeles’ School of Dentistry to lead a study on the hazards that methamphetamine use causes to oral and dental health.
Posted under Addiction News
Children Raised in Toxic Meth Homes
There is a specific process drug manufacturers use to produce methamphetamines. This process often includes items purchased over the counter at the local drug store and a kitchen stove.
Posted under Teens
US Teen Drug Use Survey Released
The federal government’s annual report of kids’ alcohol and drug abuse found that among 46,000 American eighth, 10th, and 12th graders, use of hallucinogens, marijuana, methamphetamines decreased in 2008. But although drug and alcohol use seems to be declining or holding steady, there has been slippage in teen disapproval of such practices and perception of risks, officials warned.
Posted under Celebrity Addiction
Michael Douglas’s Son Cameron Arrested in Meth Drug Bust
Cameron Douglas, the 30-year-old son of Academy Award winner Michael Douglas, has been arrested in New York for allegedly selling crystal meth. He was arrested on July 28 at the Gasevoort Hotel in the Meatpacking District by a DEA task force, sources say.
Posted under Methamphetamines
Facts about Methamphetamines
Methamphetamine, according to the U.S. National Drug Threat Assessment 2009 (issued by the National Drug Intelligence Center or NDIC), is the second leading drug threat to America. Most of the drug supply comes from so-called “superlabs” in both the U.S. and foreign countries. But small, illegal meth labs have also become a dangerous threat in neighborhoods, to the people in the labs creating the drugs, and to the environment. Continue Reading
Posted under Addiction Treatment
Protein Involved in Parkinson’s Might Help Fight Drug Addiction
A protein known as oct3 that normally guides molecules in and out of cells but can kill dopamine neurons—which play a key role in both movement and feelings of euphoria—in diseases like Parkinson’s was found to mute the high that drug users experience from methamphetamines and similar substances.
Connect with a Recovery Adviser
The Addiction Primer
Everything you need to know to help a loved one struggling with addiction, from the writers and editors of Everything Addiction.
