Meth Addiction Statistics

• In some states, meth addiction statistics report that about 65% of male prison inmates are meth users. Approximately 85% of female inmates were arrested for meth related violations.

• The vast majority of meth in the United States comes from oversized drug labs in Mexico and California.

• Meth addiction statistics show that over 9,000 household meth labs were shut down in 2004 and that more than 3,000 children were removed from the labs by United States welfare workers.

• Meth labs use hundreds of different methods and ingredients to create methamphetamine, some being much more dangerous than others. For example, the recipe used by the Germans in the world war uses anhydrous ammonia and is called “Nazi” meth.

• When meth is manufactured, hazardous fumes and toxic waste byproducts are released which pollute lakes, poison water, and permeate walls and flooring which often cause fires and explosions.

• Research and investigations have reported that $10,000 worth of meth can be produced by using only $500 worth of ingredients.

• It has been estimated that the price for a single dose of cocaine that would yield a “high” that lasts only minutes is enough money to buy an amount of meth that can keep an individual “high” for a couple days.

• A meth lab doesn’t require very much space to operate as all the equipment needed is small enough to fit in a drawer or box. Meth labs have been set up in cars, garages, bathrooms, and kitchens.

• Meth addiction statistics show that meth labs have been discovered and seized in all 50 states.

• Police officers country wide were surveyed and the results show that meth is the biggest drug threat that they fight against. 59% of officers said that meth is their biggest problem, 20% reported cocaine, 18% for marijuana and 4% for heroin.

• A recent survey shows that 75 percent of law enforcement said that burglaries and robberies have increased because of meth, along with assaults, identity theft and domestic violence. 45 percent of child welfare officials said there is an increase in out-of-home placements due to meth in the last year.

• In 2006, 51% of seized meth was pure when in 2005 77% of meth was pure (un cut). Also, at the same time the street value of meth doubled. The price per gram of uncut meth was $100 in 2005 and raised to $250 the next year. This was the first major raise in price and decrease in purity since 1998.

• Meth addiction statistics from meth users and treatment centers indicate that people tend to be using smaller doses of meth and less frequently than they were years ago because the purity has decreased and the prices have raised.

• Federal estimates that over 11 million Americans have used meth at least once in their life and less than 2 million are habitual methamphetamine users.

• Meth addiction statistics in 2005 show that 6.2 percent of seniors in high school said that they have used meth at least once.

• The number of teenagers that have entered rehab for methamphetamine addiction has nearly tripled between 1995 and 2005.

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