Meth Addiction: Some Call It An Epidemic

Although reports about small meth labs say that they are on the decline, usage of the drug appears to me to be going up. But, what do meth addicts do when the source of the drug they “need” can’t supply them anymore? What happens when the supplier gets busted and goes to jail? I assume at that point they have two choices, find a new supplier or make their own.

In rural America, finding a new supplier may not be an easy thing to do. Let’s face it, people live miles away from each other and finding another drug supplier isn’t as easy as living in a big city. The easiest thing for them to do just might be to make their own. You don’t have to be a chemical engineer to make methamphetamine. Directions about how to make meth are plentiful and the ingredients are cheap and easy to obtain, according to my research.

“It can be produced at home with items that you can buy in your supermarket. And it’s devastatingly addictive,” - Texas State Senator Leticia Van De Putte

According to an investigative report done by CBS in Austin, TX , “Methamphetamine is now considered the fastest growing illegal drug in America. The use of methamphetamine has exploded so much in both production and illegal drug use, some are calling it an epidemic.”

The report also comments that “America’s kitchens, hotel rooms, body shops and even daycare centers have been transformed into toxic waste dumps using allergy and cold medicines, and other chemicals to make meth.”