Meth Addiction
Cocaine and Methamphetamine Addiction: Treatment, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention
Array (Hardcover) W. W. Norton Company 2009-03-30
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Methamphetamine is the second leading drug threat in the U.S., according to the U.S. National Drug Threat Assessment 2009, released by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC). Cocaine, another stimulant, is number one. Over the past 10 years, methamphetamine has become one of the most widely abused street drugs. Treatment for meth addiction is complex and evolving. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is currently funding research to develop medications for treating stimulant addiction (cocaine and methamphetamine). But there is no one-size-fits-all treatment for meth addiction. And the treatment process requires a long-term commitment.
Primary Treatment
An individual addicted to methamphetamine has a chemical dependency that comes with a high risk of permanent brain damage and is potentially fatal. The best type of primary treatment for methamphetamine addiction, according to experts, is in an extended care residential treatment center. Primary treatment involves detoxification followed by a multi-disciplinary treatment process. A minimum of a 30-day primary treatment program is recommended, to be followed by comprehensive aftercare programs and services.
...The bMeth/b Threat: Is it Over? | The Drug amp; Alcohol Scene
According to most national surveys, use of the addictive illicit drug methamphetamine has dropped significantly over the past 5 years, with especially strong declines noted since 2005.
However, in recent months, reports about a possible resurgence of the drug—and the highly toxic home labs in which it can be manufactured— have surfaced in major media outlets including The New York Times and ABC News. Earlier this year in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where thousands of meth labs have been busted in the past decade, Mayor Kathy Taylor convened a Town Hall meeting to awaken the community to a new threat—a “one-pot” method of cooking meth that was portable, simple and quickly gaining popularity among a new generation of meth cooks around the country. Meth lab seizures nationwide are on the rise for the first time since 2003, with the number of labs discovered up 14 percent in 2008 versus the previous year.
To assess the status of the meth threat in the United States, we turned to one of the country’s foremost substance abuse experts and a pioneer in treatment research for methamphetamine addiction, Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D., Associate Director of UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and Professor-in-Residence at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry. Rawson shared his thoughts on how meth use is reported, the problem of “regional” drug threats, and his concerns about increased lab activity. Over the past 20 years, the data we have used to estimate the severity of the meth problem have been very confusing. Data from surveys, including the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (the Household Survey, conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) and the Monitoring the Future Survey (funded by NIDA), have consistently suggested the meth problem is limited to several specific regions of the US and is not truly a major national public heath problem. However these surveys rely on accurate self reporting, which may create underestimates and they don’t gather data from homeless people, transient people, or those in psychiatric facilities or prison. This almost guarantees that the actual number of meth users is being underreported--in fact, some say the underestimate may be by a factor of 3 or 4 times the real number.
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Battle against meth requires continued prevention, intervention effortsNewsOK.com - Sep 03, 2010
A report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University notes that, in Oklahoma, for every $100 spent on substance abuse and morenbsp;raquo;British Journal of Psychiatry - Aug 31, 2010
The neurocognitive deficits demonstrated in longer-term users of methamphetamine and their impact on treatment success is a common theme throughout the bookPR Newswire (press release) - Sep 02, 2010
They also give parents information about finding treatment for a child and helping a child who is in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. and morenbsp;raquo;Calaveras Enterprise - Sep 02, 2010
#39;Recovery Happens#39; in CalaverasBarlow was an average single dad with a 10-year-old son, except for a $250-a-month methamphetamine habit and an impending prison sentence.Leagle.com - Sep 03, 2010
In early April 2009, MK tested positive for methamphetamine at birth and was added to the voluntary plan. A few days later, the Department developed a newExpress from The Washington Post (blog) - Sep 02, 2010
Kate Gosselin, who defines quot;situationquot; as quot;an unhealthy addiction to media attention, a doughy ex and a clutch of scarred children. and morenbsp;raquo;
Mercury-Register - Sep 02, 2010
Following are views of the author and do not reflect the views of the Methamphetamine Strike Force or any affiliated organizations.
Methamphetamine Addiction: From Basic Science to Treatment (2009, Hardcover)