Introduction The deliberate misuse of a drug to derive a different effect from which it was originally intended is a menace and prevalent in many societies around the world, particularly those in the developed world including the United States of America.. Drug misuse is the bane of such societies, as individuals’ who misuse drugs invariably become dependent on drugs, destroying personal relations and their health, putting themselves and others in danger, and running the potential risk of ending up serving a penitentiary sentence. Controlling and preventing the misuse of drugs has this multi-dimensional perspective to it (Wasilow-Mueller & Erickson, 2001). Wesson & Smith 1999, p.614, define the misuse of medicinal drugs as “a nebulous construct whose common denominator is that medicinals manufactured by the pharmaceutical industry are being used in ways that were not intended by regulatory agencies and in ways that were not approved by the mainstream culture”. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has classified three types of drugs that are the most frequently abused or misused. These are Opioids, Central Nervous System (CNS) depressants, and CNS stimulants. Stimulants find a role in the treatment of mental disorders including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children (Prescription Drug Abuse Chart) . Methamphetamine is chemically closely related to the commonly used decongestants ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine. It belongs to the drug class of stimulants. Routes through which methamphetamine is ingested into the body are by injection, by smoking, by snorting, or through the oral or rectal route. Methamphetamine produces feelings of euphoria and increased energy that last for up to twelve hours and is the cause of its misuse (Colfax, 2005). History and Details of Methamphetamine The medical history of methamphetamine extends back in time by nine decades when methamphetamine was synthesized by a Japanese pharmacologist in 1919. The initial use of methamphetamine for widespread medical use was in the form of a nasal decongestant that led to its use in inhalers for the treatment of rhinitis and asthma in the 1930s. It was not long before its stimulant, euphoric and anorectic effects were understood, leading to the abuse of methamphetamine. Methamphetamine produces euphoria and stimulant effects that are similar to cocaine, but over a longer duration, and the ease with which it can be made available has led to its widespread misuse, such that emergency departments witness a similarity in the rate of methamphetamine-intoxicated patients and cocaine-intoxicated patients. The background of individuals misusing methamphetamine is very broad across the whole panorama of age, socio-economic status, and ethnic background. Misuse of methamphetamine has increased rapidly because it is more readily available, less expensive, and works longer than cocaine (Derlet & Albertson, 2008). Methamphetamine ranks high on the list of drugs that are misused. Cannabis is the most frequently abused substance and methamphetamine ranks just below it with over 35 million users worldwide. The United States National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2005 has reported that about 10.4 million (4.3%) Americans in the age group of twelve and older had tried methamphetamine. Methamphetamine misuse is costly to the society, as it leads to violence, economic non-produ