Methamphetamine Myths
Sometimes the right information can turn on some lights. Read this carefully, it may just brighten you. As methamphetamine continues to spread across the U.S., the crystalline powder attracts new users in new areas. Various myths about meth may have helped alert the community to the problem and have even prompted Governmental action.
Regardless, these myths have also misled uncountable Americans, including various law enforcement and substance abuse professionals. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
This takes us to Meth Myth #1: Methamphetamine is the nation’s number one drug issue.
It is true there may be places where police, courts, child protective and emplacement agencies, drug programs, and hospitals see more meth-related cases than for any other drug. For them, this may be their dominating drug problem on a stated day. Usually that would be my conclusion, too. But national figures put this into perspective. Three years ago, methamphetamine admissions to community treatment programs ranked just 6th at 7.7 percent of such admissions. (Alcohol led with 23 .2 percent, followed by alcohol plus another drug at 18 .7 percent,).[1] Two years ago, a little over half a million Americans aged 12 years and older reported meth use in the previous month. They were in the group of 19 .2 million past-month users of illicit drugs. At the same time about half of Americans 12 and older are current alcohol drinkers….
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