AP Press Report:
Nationwide, the admission rate for treatment of methamphetamine or
amphetamine abuse rose from 28,000 in 1993 to nearly 136,000 patients
in 2003, the report said. The review analyzed data on the
approximately 1.8 million patients admitted each year for substance
abuse treatment.
The report found 18 states with meth treatment rates higher than the
national rate: Oregon was highest, followed by Hawaii, Iowa,
California, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Montana, Arkansas,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, Missouri,
Idaho and Kansas.
Northeastern states had relatively low rates of treatment admissions
for meth and amphetamine abuse in 1993 and those rates remained low
in 2003, the report said.
One of my buddy's Xs is making it locally or was so I hear. That's
about the only report of meth I've heard around here. Its a good
thing they passed legislation limiting purchases of pseuda-fed and
made the stores put it behind the counter, buyers have to show ID and
sign a guest book. Strangely, many people mentioned to me that it was
a problem in their area while I was on the disaster trail, just over
the past few years. North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Texas,
Mississippi, Alabama are places I was told it was epidemic. What's it
like in Oregon? People up all night and day?
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
