NARRATOR: This is the story of an epidemic that has swept across America, an epidemic of methamphetamine abuse. It begins in Oregon, one of the places hit hardest by the epidemic. 1st POLICE ...

Meth is that alternative. Kalfas calls the meth problem a new tentacle of the opioid epidemic, noting that most patients he sees who switch from heroin to meth don't give up opioids for long.

Alongside epidemic abuse of the grim opioid-heroin-Fentanyl triad, meth use is surging. One crude measure of its prevalence is the number of overdose deaths reported to the Centers for Disease ...

Meth is surging in the U.S. again, in the shadow of the opioid epidemic. Meth is surging in the U.S. again, in the shadow of the opioid epidemic, and may not be getting the attention it deserves.

Even in Afghanistan, which has no such restrictions, it is difficult for drug producers to obtain enough of the chemical for the large-scale production of crystal meth. For them, the ephedra plant ...

Methamphetamine use is rare in most of the United States, not the raging epidemic described by politicians and the news media, says a study by an advocacy group. Meth is a dangerous drug but among ...

another epidemic has been brewing quietly, but vigorously, behind the scenes. Methamphetamine is back. In San Francisco, over the last five years, Drug Enforcement Administration seizures of meth have ...

One of those plans is to aggressively battle the meth epidemic. As I’ve talked with first responders about our meth problem, they’ve told me of situations where they walked into homes of meth ...

If anything, interventions like the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 disrupted meth production by a domestic cottage industry, cementing its reorganization as an international ...

Opioid addiction has been the epidemic that has drawn all of our attention for a decade. But as the pendulum swings, we find that we've taken our eye off of meth. Skip to main content ...

Kaikohe locals believe methamphetamine use in their town has reached epidemic proportions, with the drug easily found on every street corner. With a population around 4500, the rural town is in ...