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Fewer labs but much more use
Methamphetamine began its life in the United States as a drug crafted in labs - both large and small - in the West and distributed by gangs. As the federal and state governments restricted the purchase of meth ingredients, smaller labs went out of business.
Making up for the shortage, large labs in Mexico and other offshore countries began making and smuggling meth into the U.S. As a result, even as law enforcement found fewer and fewer labs in this country, meth use did not slow. Between 2001 and 2005, the number of people seeking treatment for methamphetamine nearly doubled.
NATIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
Nationwide epidemic
Nationwide epidemic
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INSIDE THE EPIDEMIC