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Findings from Minnesota drug reports
"Meth in Minnesota"
(July 2008)
n Drug arrests in the category that includes methamphetamine peaked in 2005 at 4,790 arrests
and declined 19 percent between 2005 and 2006.
n Reported meth labs decreased 92% in Minnesota between 2003 and 2007
n Quantities of meth seized by Gang and Drug Task Forces decreased 46% between 2006
and 2007 and meth arrests decreased 12%. However, in 2007, meth arrests still accounted for
43% of all arrests by Gang and Drug Task Forces statewide.
n Meth-related BCA lab cases are down substantially from a peak of 3,602 reported cases in 2005
to 1,948 cases in 2007. However, in 2007, meth was still involved in 54% of controlled substance cases reported by the BCA Lab.
n Adult meth court case filings decreased from 4,709 in 2005 to 3,482 in 2006, a 26% decrease.
n Between 2005 and 2007, meth-related drug addiction treatment admissions declined from 7,115 to
4,729, a decrease of 34%. Meth-related treatment admissions accounted for 10% of all
treatment admissions in 2007.
n From 2005 to 2007, there was a 51% decline in substance abuse treatment admissions
involving meth in the Twin Cities Area. Meth-related treatment admissions declined from almost 12% of total admissions in 2005 to 6.7% in 2007.
Other report findings
Drug threat assessment
n According to the National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment for 2008, meth remains the greatest drug threat in all regions west of the Mississippi River. In Minnesota, however, cocaine is reported by more than 44% of law enforcement surveyed to be the greatest drug threat. Meth is seen as the greatest threat by 23% of law enforcement surveyed.
Differing views on drug use
n The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission says the number of sentenced meth
offenders decreased slightly by more than 2% between 2005 and 2006. During that same period, the number of sentenced cocaine offenders increased by 7.5%.
n Other indicators show a different result. Cocaine seizures and arrests increased between 2005 and 2006, but decreased again from 2006 to 2007.
n The Minnesota Student Survey shows that reported meth use among high school students declined between 2001 and 2004 and again in 2007. Cocaine use among high school students remained fairly steady between 2001 and 2007. Cocaine addiction treatment admissions decreased 18% between 2006 and 2007.
Links
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/meth/
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/disabilities/documents/pub/dhs16_141748.pdf
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/06/14_postt_methenforcement/
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