During the year 2006 nearly 1.9 million Americans has abused the killer drug methamphetamine as per the survey. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) in their NIDA funded survey found in 2007 that 1.1% of these people were from 8th grades, 1.6% was from 10th grades and 1.7% pf students at 12th grade have consumed meth once in a year.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) during the year 2005 showed that nearly 10.1 million American who are aged 12 or older have consumed methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime. Nearly 4.3% of the total US population comes under this age group. The results also show that .6% of 18-25 years and 0.1% of 26 years aged people have shown reports of meth consumption within last 30 days. Approximately 192,000 people who were aged 12 have started consumption of meth during the last year for the first time. This number is a declination from the reposts of year 2004 which showed 318,000 meth users.

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS) study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed in their studies that the high school students are mostly at risk from such drugs and heavy alcohol intake. 6.2% of high school students in 2005 admitted to be using meth. This is a slight decrease from 2003 when the number was 7.6% and 2001 when it was 9.8%.

Long term abuse of meth can lead to anxiety, addiction, mood swings, insomnia, and violent behavior. Other psychotic signs and symptoms includes hallucinations, paranoia, delusions This often lasts for years even after consumption of meth is stopped among the users. From the 108 million cases of emergency admission of patients in United States, nearly 1,449,154 patients were relating to the misuse or abuse of methamphetamine. This estimate was made by the DAWN or the Drug Abuse Warning Network.