Introduction
Before-and-after photographs of a meth addict from central Illinois show how the drug causes rapid physical deterioration. (Paxis Institute)
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Known as “crank,” “ice” and “poor man's cocaine,” methamphetamine is the nation's most serious local drug problem, according to a July 2005 report by the National Association of Counties. Requests for treatment for “meth” abuse — which can produce a 24-hour high and cause irreversible brain damage — jumped 420 percent in recent years. Moreover, the toxic chemicals used in making meth wreak havoc on the environment, and child-welfare authorities say children whose parents use or make meth often suffer abuse and neglect. Unlike other illegal drugs, meth can be made with readily available ingredients. Police in rural areas throughout the West, Midwest and South have been raiding meth labs — which are toxic, foul-smelling and potentially explosive — in homes, hotel rooms and national parks. Now meth is moving eastward, and lawmakers are scrambling to pass meth-related legislation — including laws making it harder to buy cold medicines with pseudoephedrine, a key meth ingredient.
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Drug Abuse and Trafficking |
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Aug. 06, 2021 |
Opioid Crisis |
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Jul. 24, 2019 |
Opioid Addiction |
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Jun. 14, 2018 |
Opioid Addiction |
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Jun. 29, 2017 |
Drug Abuse |
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Oct. 07, 2016 |
Opioid Crisis |
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Jul. 19, 2016 |
Drug Abuse |
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May 02, 2014 |
Treating Addiction |
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Jun. 03, 2011 |
Teen Drug Use |
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Jun. 12, 2009 |
Legalizing Marijuana  |
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Dec. 12, 2008 |
Mexico's Drug War |
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Feb. 09, 2007 |
Combating Addiction |
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Jun. 02, 2006 |
War on Drugs |
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Jul. 15, 2005 |
Methamphetamine |
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Jul. 28, 2000 |
Drug-Policy Debate |
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Nov. 20, 1998 |
Drug Testing |
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Jan. 06, 1995 |
Treating Addiction |
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Mar. 19, 1993 |
War on Drugs |
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Feb. 23, 1990 |
Does the War on Drugs Need a New Strategy? |
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May 20, 1988 |
The Business of Illicit Drugs |
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Jan. 23, 1987 |
Experimental Drugs |
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Feb. 08, 1985 |
The Fight Against Drug Smuggling |
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Aug. 27, 1982 |
Cocaine: Drug of the Eighties |
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Jun. 11, 1982 |
Prescription-Drug Abuse |
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Jan. 23, 1976 |
Changing U.S. Drug Policy |
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Dec. 13, 1972 |
World Drug Traffic |
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May 27, 1970 |
Heroin Addiction |
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Jan. 27, 1965 |
Psychotoxic Drugs |
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Jul. 18, 1962 |
Narcotics Addiction: Punishment or Treatment |
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Sep. 05, 1956 |
Control of Drug Addiction |
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Mar. 28, 1951 |
Drug Addiction |
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