Meth addiction treatment

Drug-Rehab.ca will assist you in finding help for methamphetamine addiction, rehabilitation and also meth detox. Drug-Rehab.ca will also give you a better understanding of the different types of methamphetamine treatment centers available and help you choose the best rehab that would fit your needs.

Drug Rehab Service's main objective is to refer you to the best methamphetamine rehab. We want the person with a meth addiction to achieve a drug free life without the use of substitutes. Thus, Drug-Rehab.ca will refer you to methamphetamine rehab centers that don't use drugs in any shape or form to “treat” the addiction.

Meth information

Drug: Methamphetamine

Meth Street Name: "speed," "meth," "crystal," "glass," and "crank."

Meth Effects: Meth has a very strong and long lived stimulant effect.

Meth Description: White/yellow/pink crystalline powder, clear liquid; ampoules (meth). Small whitish chips (ice). Most methyl amphetamine is illicitly manufactured and as such is of questionable quality.

Meth Street Use: Smoked or injected

Meth Dependency: Tolerance to methyl amphetamine develops quickly. The effects last from three to four hours. Prolonged use of methyl amphetamine can lead to severe weight loss, insomnia, exhaustion, paranoid psychosis (this is generally drug-induced and as such will be resolved within a few weeks after drug taking has stopped) and severe depression. Smoking "ice" over long periods causes severe psychotic episodes with both visual and auditory hallucinations, presenting not unlike schizophrenia.

Meth Withdrawal Symptoms: Meth withdrawal symptoms include, but are not limited to:

-fatigue
-long, disturbed periods of sleep
-irritability
-intense hunger
-moderate to severe depression
-psychotic reactions
-anxiety

Meth withdrawal, length and severity of depression is related to how much and how often meth was used. Withdrawal symptoms including, cravings, exhaustion, depression, mental confusion, restlessness, insomnia, deep or disturbed sleep, may last up to 48 hours.

Certain symptoms individuals may experience once they have stopped using ice include: disorientation, hunger, extreme fatigue and exhaustion, decreased energy, apathy and the limited ability to experience pleasure, anxiety, irritability and depression and craving the drug.

Meth Legal Status: All amphetamine based drugs are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act, within Schedule 2 Class B. However, once an amphetamine has been prepared for injection it comes under Class A, resulting in higher sentences.

Methamphetamine treatment

During 1999, 4.3% (9.4 million individuals) of the U.S. population admitted trying methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime. The highest percentage of meth use was among the 18-25 age group with 5.2% of them admitting lifetime meth use during 1999.
Meth lab confiscations have increase of 577% nationally since 1995.

Statistics over the past few years indicate Oklahoma among the country leaders in Meth labs, arrests, addiction and cases.
In 1994, the Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated 63 meth labs. That figure rose to 879 in 1996 and 1,627 in 1998.
Meth numbers also demonstrate the substance has yet to make it to the East Coast. Municipalities such as Oklahoma and Omaha have worse meth issues, than New York City or Detroit.

Nowhere is it a bigger concern that in the Midwest, where meth accounts for almost 90% of all drug cases, and nowhere is it more prevalent than in Oklahoma, which ranks in the top five in almost every meth category.

Meth is surpassing cocaine as the substance of abuse in Oklahoma. The state medical examiner's office reports the amount of death cases testing positive for meth have been more elevated than cocaine for the past three years. The office also says meth is present in more cases of homicides, and motor vehicle accidents.

The approximated cost of making meth is $100 an ounce, with a street value of $800 an ounce.

While inexpensive for the individual who make it, meth is costly for taxpayers. The OSBI estimates that it costs about $2,000 to clean up a lab. Many law enforcement authorities, including the OSBI, contract out for cleaning services. The OSBI spends $1 million on cleaning services on an yearly basis..

The courts have felt the consequences of the meth invasion, with many distinct courts overloaded with cases. Several are being dropped because of delays in meth testing at state laboratories.

This year, both the legislature and federal government have risen funding to prosecute meth manufacturers.
Methamphetamine's high lasts for 6 to 12 hours, and half of the substance is removed from the body in 12 hours.
Meth's street value is about $3,000 per pound.

Meth is a highly addictive substance that can be manufactured by using products commercially accessible anywhere in the United States.