Methamphetamine, made easily in clandestine labs from
over-the-counter ingredients, can cause depression, rapid tooth
decay, psychosis, sensations of flesh crawling with bugs, paranoia,
skin lesions, and kidney damage. Still, use has spread nationwide.
In this work, two experts on methamphetamine addiction and recovery
explain why this drug has such a physical, psychological, and
social draw for addicts, despite all the damage it causes.
Vignettes from addicts take us inside the subculture of meth users.
Authors Taylor and Covey explain why this drug and its addiction is
different from other illicit drugs and why, therefore, the
treatment needs to be specifically tailored in order to be
effective.
Stephan Jenkins, singer for the band Third Eye Blind, says
methamphetamine makes you feel bright and shiny, but it also makes
you pathetically and relentlessly self-destructive, so much so that
you will do unconscionable things to feel bright and shiny again.
This drug, made easily in clandestine labs from over-the-counter
ingredients, can also cause depression, rapid tooth decay,
psychosis, sensations of flesh crawling with bugs, paranoia, skin
lesions, and kidney damage. Still, use has spread nationwide from
California to Maine, with known addictions now highest in the West,
Midwest, and South. Treatment admissions for methamphetamine
addictions have increased more than fivefold in the last decade,
with a federal report in 2006 showing 136,000 known cases. Meth is
particularly addictive to women because it causes rapid weight
loss. The results, as shown in recent cover stories in "Newsweek,
National Geographic," and "USA Today," are pain for far more than
the abuser. Meth addiction also ravages life for spouses, children,
and other family members, as well as communities.
In this work, two experts on methamphetamine addiction and
recovery explain why this drug has such a physical, psychological,
and social draw for addicts despite all the damage it causes.
Vignettes from addicts let us see inside the subculture of meth
users. Authors Taylor and Covey explain why this drug and its
addiction is different from other illicit drugs, and therefore why
the treatment needs to be specifically tailored in order to be
effective. This book, focused only on the addiction avenues and
paths to recovery, is a perfect companion to Covey's earlier book,
"The Metehamphetamine Crisis" (Praeger, 2006), which details the
emergence and history of this drug use in the United States, as
well as the social and community effects, and criminal justice
approaches, successes, and failures to date. This book at hand will
appeal to meth abusers, their families, and professionals trying to
aid recovery from this new scourge, including substance abuse
treatment providers, health professionals, psychologists, school
personnel, and criminal justice staff.
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