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Drug Rehab Centers Services will help you find assistance for methamphetamine addiction and rehabilitation in Texas. Our certified counselors will guide you and your family in this important moment in finding a meth treatment in the state of Texas. Methamphetamine has destroyed severalf families, relationships and lives in Texas. There are still well over 1 million individuals in the United States who need rehabilitation for methamphetamine addiction. But there is hope as many with a methamphetamine addiction got their lives back after attending a meth rehab center. Drug Rehab Services philosophy is to give honest, caring and knowledgeable advice, support and referrals according to your unique circumstance. Help is just a phone call away! |
Methamphetamine overview in Texas Methamphetamine is a significant drug threat in the state of Texas. High purity, low cost meth is readily available, and the drug is widely abused, in particular in rural areas. Meth produced in Mexico is the predominant type available. Locally produced meth also is available and is becoming more prevalent. Meth-related violence poses a significant threat to the state of Texas. Violence is more commonly associated with the production, distribution, and abuse of meth than with any other illicit drug. Methamphetamine is a powerful stimulant that affects the central nervous system CNS and can induce anxiety, insomnia, paranoia, hallucinations, mood swings, delusions, and violent behavior, in particular during the "tweaking" stage of methamphetamine abuse. Because of its long border with Mexico, Texas is an important point of entry for Mexican trafficking in cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. During 2004, state drug enforcement authorities reported the second highest amount of seized meth in the country: 673.5 kilograms. The wide availability of increasingly pure, Mexican-made meth, might explain the recent decrease in the amount of small clandestine labs seizures in the state. During 2004, 452 labs were seized by DEA, state and local authorities, in comparison to 559 in 2002 and 619 in 2001. Methamphetamine Tweaking As the euphoric effects of meth diminish, abusers enter the tweaking stage in which they are prone to violence, delusions, paranoia, and feelings of emptiness and dysphoria. During the tweaking stage the meth abuser often has not slept in days and consequently is extremely irritable. The "tweaker" also craves more meth, which results in frustration and contributes to anxiety and restlessness. At this stage meth users may become violent without any provocation. Case histories indicate that tweakers have reacted violently to the mere sight of a police uniform. Meth treatment admissions per 100,000 citizens (2003): 13 Meth-related admissions to publicly funded addiction treatment facilities are uptrending. According to TCADA, amphetamine and methamphetamine-related adult admissions to publicly funded addiction treatment programs increased from 7% of drug admissions in 1998 to 12% in 2002. There were 1,672 amphetamine/methamphetamine-related admissions in the year of 1998; 1,510 in 1999; 2,629 in 2001; and 3,186 in 2002. In 2002 Caucasians accounted for the largest percentage of these admissions for addiction and abuse (92%), followed by Hispanics (6%), and African Americans (1%). Update: The Combat Meth Act, signed by President Bush on March 9, 2006, gives minimum standards for retailers across the nation that sell substances containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. The law limits sales to 3.6 grams of the base ingredient (the pure ephedrine or pseudoephedrine) daily and 9 grams per month, and requires that buyers provide identification and sign a sales log. Also, sellers must keep these substances behind the counter or in a locked case and register on-line with the U.S. Attorney General. Additionally to the federal minimums, Texas state law requires that buyers of these substances be at least 16 years old.
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