Who is using methamphetamine?
A. There are two basic profiles of users reported by law enforcement and treatment providers: • students, both high school and college age; and • white, blue-collar workers and unemployed persons in their 20s and 30s. • Read selected stories, poems and comments about meth from users and those affected by users. Use is widely prevalent in both urban and rural areas and equally divided among males and females. Women are more likely to use methamphetamine than cocaine. Some areas are seeing an increase in the number of Hispanic and Native American meth users, though whites are still the most dominant users of the drug.
A. There are two basic profiles of users reported by law enforcement and treatment providers: • students, both high school and college age; and • white, blue-collar workers and unemployed persons in their 20s and 30s.Use is widely prevalent in both urban and rural areas and equally divided among males and females. Women are more likely to use methamphetamine than cocaine. Some areas are seeing an increase in the number of Hispanic and Native American meth users, though whites are still the most dominant users of the drug.
