Meth: Spreading Addiction
Press Release 2010-11

When most people think of a meth addict, they picture the stereotypical meth user. A strung out, unhealthy, thin, unstable, low income person, possibly with a criminal record. However, the drug, meth, is spreading and people contradictory to the stereotypical user are becoming addicted. This new trend has been brought to the attention of police officials. Police see this up rising trend in cases like, a fifty year old mother of two arrested for cooking meth. She did not look malnourished, strung out, or straggly.

The increase of examples like the one above is creating a large concern for law enforcement. They believe that from the increase of unusual meth users, shows that meth addiction, use, and production is crossing social and economic lines. The prediction is that the trend will heavily impact urban areas, specifically the African-American community. One of the beliefs of the change in trend from rural white demographic to urban communities is because originally meth was in rural areas to hide the smell that is created when meth is cooked. Now though, law enforcement is finding, meth labs in upscale homes and a shake version of meth which can be made in SUVs. This shake and bake method of producing meth is even more dangerous than producing the drug in a meth lab. The ingredients are highly flammable.

Meth is crystal methamphetamine which is a strong addictive illegal substance. On the street it is also known as meth, glass, crank, speed, tweak, and yaba. The side effects of meth abuse consist of irreversible brain damage, addiction, overdose, death, severe weight loss, rotten teeth, blackened gums, skin and muscle damage, anxiety, aggression, paranoia, and irritability.

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