Crystal Web Report
Crystal meth can come in large or small chunks and may have the appearance of blue-white rocks. It has been called crank, ice, shards, crystal glass and poor man's cocaine. These are just a few of the many street names used for the drug, popular because it is easy to make and cheap to produce. An immediate and euphoric high makes meth addiction common and pervasive. With just a few over-the-counter medications and chemicals, crystal methamphetamine can be made in something as insignificant as a plastic soda bottle.
Crystal meth statistics: who uses meth? What states have a meth problem?
According to the anti-meth site KCI at Kci.org, about $25 can purchase a 1/4 gram of crystal meth; twenty-four percent of meth users are under 18-years old and 35% of users are between the ages of eighteen to twenty-three years. The majority of meth users are teenagers and young adults. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that approximately 10 million people in the US have tried meth in some form at least once. It can be smoked, snorted or injected, sometimes into the rectum.
According to Meth Resources.gov, methamphetamine is the primary drug threat in California, widely abused in Oregon, of principal concern in Nevada, the most serious drug threat in Wyoming and is available in multi-kilogram quantities in New Mexico. In Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, all meth originates from Mexico and is smuggled over the border.
