Meth | Addiction Treatment Strategies

Pure, potent methamphetamine is appearing on the streets of Tucson, courtesy of Mexican drug-trafficking organizations, the Arizona Daily Star reports.
Domestic production of meth was drastically reduced in 2005, when legislation was passed that restricted the availability of meth’s main…

People who abused methamphetamine or other amphetamine-like stimulants were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those who did not, in a new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
 The researchers examined almost 300,000 hospital records from California…

A new study in fruit flies offers a broad view of the potent and sometimes devastating molecular events that occur throughout the body as a result of methamphetamine exposure

Dual Diagnosis: The Solution
Increased Awareness Is a Key
When patients with major mental health disorders and co-existing alcohol or substance addictions have been diagnosed correctly, proper treatment is not always available.
It is difficult for mental health care professionals to accurately…

Ecstasy And Methamphetamine Increasingly Becoming First Choice Drugs For Many In East And South-East Asia According To New UNODC Report
Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs
Article Date: 29 Nov 2010 – 0:00 PST
According to a new UNODC report, amphetamine-type stimulants…