FAST FACTS ABOUT METH USE

Methamphetamine use among high school seniors more than doubled between 1990 and 1996.

Women are more likely to use meth than cocaine

Meth users are the hardest to treat of all drug users

The average meth cook annually teaches 10 other people how to make meth

Seizures of clandestine meth labs in the Midwest increased tenfold from 1995 to 1997

Methamphetamine accounts for up to 90% of all drug cases in many Midwest communities

Methamphetamine-induced paranoia has led to numerous murders and suicides