The methamphetamine crisis
Subtitle: strategies to save addicts, families, and communities
By: edited by Herbert C. Covey ; foreword by Lori Moriatry
Contributors: Covey, Herbert C
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780275993221
Subjects: Methamphetamine abuse -- United States; Methamphetamine -- United States; Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States; Children of drug addicts -- United States
Description: Offers a comprehensive overview of the methamphetamine crisis in America, discussing the drug's makeup, devastating impact on users' health, and addictive qualities, as well as what communities and the government are doing to stop its distribution and manufacture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-264) and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Lori Moriarty; title: The basics of methamphetamine; title: What is methamphetamine and how and why is it used? / Herbert C. Covey; title: Prevalence of use and manufacture of methamphetamine in the United States : is the sky falling or is it not really a problem? / Herbert C. Covey; title: The human side to clandestine methamphetamine labs and health risks of exposure; title: Methamphetamine production : lab identification and the dangers of making methamphetamine to families, children, and professionals / Lynn Riemer; title: The short- and long-term medical effects of methamphetamine on children and adults / Kathryn M. Wells; title: The environmental clean-up of methamphetamine labs / Colleen Brisnehan; title: Case management and treatment for methamphetamine use : does anything work?; title: Case management with with parents affected by methamphetamine addiction / Karen Mooney; title: Community-based treatment for methamphetamine addiction / Nicolas Taylor; title: A multisite comparison of psychosocial approaches for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence / Richard A. Rawson et al.; title: Child welfare and methamphetamine / Herbert C. Covey; title: Tonya's story: words of experience from a methamphetamine addict in recovery / Tonya Wheeler; title: Samantha's story : words of experience from a methamphetamine addict in recovery / Samantha Cameron; title: Mother of a methamphetamine addict / Rhonda; title: Community and legal responses to methamphetamine use and manufacture; title: Methamphetamine addiction : an integrated approach to case management, evaluation, and treatment / Angela Mead; title: Drug courts : an effective strategy for communities facing methamphetamine / C. West Huddleston III; title: A creative partnership among multiple systems : the El Paso County, Colorado, family treatment drug court / Shirley Rhodus and Julia Roguski