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NATIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
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Idaho care line
2-1-1
24-hour crisis line:
800-662-4357
The situation: Proponents of
Idaho's graphic "Meth Project"
ad campaigns trumpet the fact
that meth use among teens and
other segments has dropped.
The problem, however, has not
gone away. In the first month
of 2011, a major state-federal
task force busted a drug gang
in multiple locations in Napa.
The bust netted more than five
pounds of meth, cash, guns
and nearly two dozen suspects.
Meth in Idaho
-- The state has seen a major
drop in meth use among its
secondary school students.
A recent Centers for Disease
Control survey showed 3.1% of Idaho 9th-12-grade students said they had used methamphetamine sometime during their life. That is about one-fourth less than the national average. Percentage of students are each grade level who admitted using meth:
Year 2005 2007 2009
9th grade 3.0% 4.2% 1.2%
10th grade 4.0% 6.5% 3.5%
11th grade 7.5% 5.3% 3.6%
12th grade 6.9% 8.1% 3.6%
Total 5.3% 6.4% 3.1%
(Source: Centers for Disease Control, Youth Risk Behavior Survey)
-- DEA agents have found a relatively steady -- though not severe -- amount of methamphetamine in Idaho over the past six years. Seizures in kilograms (note: 1 kg = 2.2 lbs.)
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
DEA seizures 11.7
8.38.9010.44.56.2
8.38.9010.44.56.2(Source: Drug Enforcement Administration)
-- Clandestine meth labs have never been a major problem in Idaho, but since legislation limiting access to the precursor meth ingredient pseudoephedrine, law enforcement has busted fewer labs.
Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Lab busts 45 27 21 17 9 12 9
(Source: El Paso Intelligence Center)
-- Speaking of meth
"Methamphetamine has been affecting all the counties in Idaho. One of the reasons is because we are still primarily a rural state. And there's not a whole lot of law enforcement present here in many areas of Idaho. Methamphetamine is generating many of our arrests, which is creating overpopulation in all of our jails. We've had overcrowding issues now for upwards of ten years,and of course it just keeps getting worse."
- Chris Smith, Sheriff of Canyon County
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Shifting treatment needs
Number of drug treatment admissions for three major drugs:
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
2005 2007 2009
Meth Marijuana Alcohol
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