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Methamphetamine

A Guide to Selected Government Information Available at WIU's Government Publications Library

Web version of this guide includes links to web resources.

Federal Government Information

Ice in the Ozarks: The Methamphetamine Epidemic in Arkansas

This hearing, held in Arkansas, discusses what must be done to reduce meth supply, to clean up the environmental damage meth labs cause, and to prevent and treat meth addiction. 2004
Y 4.G 74/7:OZ 1

Law Enforcement and the Fight Against Methamphetamine

The House Committee on Government Reform looks at regulatory and grant proposal legislation intended to help law enforcement deal with meth trafficking. 2004
Y 4.G 74/7:L 41/12

Fighting Methamphetamine in the Heartland: How Can the Federal Government Assist State and Local Efforts

Mexican drug trafficking organizations control a vast majority of the meth distribution in Indiana. Held in Indiana, this congressional meeting explores the use, trafficking, and production of meth in Indiana and the rural midwest. 2004
Y 4.G 74/7:M 56/11

H.R. 798, Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2005

The House Committee on Science held this hearing on a bill that would establish a federal research program and a program to develop voluntary guidelines to help states clean up and deal with the environmental consequences of meth labs. Some of the questions addressed include: When is a former meth lab site considered "clean"? and What policies currently govern cleanup? 2005
Y 4.SCI 2:109-6

The Poisoning of Paradise: Crystal Methamphetamine in Hawaii

Hawaii hosted this governmental hearing of the issues surrounding meth creation and use: environmental damage, costs to law enforcement, and child exposure to this destructive and highly addictive drug. 2004
Y 4.G 74/7:P 75/18

Drug Courts: An Effective Strategy for Communities Facing Methamphetamine

This paper supports the idea that drug courts are the most effective tool available to restore communities, reduce recidivism, reunite families, and promote abstinence from methamphetamine. 2005
J 26.32:M 56

Methamphetamine -- Facts & Figures

One of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Drug Facts pages, this meth website offers information and data regarding the extent of use, health effects, treatment, arrests & sentencing, production & trafficking, legislation, street terms, and other resources.

Methamphetamine Hits the Heartland

There are two meth-related articles in this newsletter of the federal courts. "Heartland" examines the rapid rise in meth cases and the strain that this overload is placing on courts throughout the country. Addicted and a Danger to the Community: Supervising Meth Addicts shares the unique-to-meth frustrations that law enforcement, lawyers, and judges must try to counteract.
The Third Branch. Vol. 36, No. 7 July 2004 pp. 1,4-6.
JU 10.3/2:36/7

Illinois Government Information

Methamphetamine: Quick Facts: Trends in Measures of Methamphetamine Activities in Illinois' First Judicial Circuit

Illinois' First Judicial Circuit includes the following nine southern counties: Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, and Williamson. This comparative analysis is an overview of meth use in these counties and provides figures, maps, and tables. 2004

Methamphetamine: Quick Facts: Trends in Measures of Methamphetamine Activities in Illinois' Second Judicial Circuit

Illinois' Second Judicial Circuit includes the following twelve southeastern counties: Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne, and White. This comparative analysis is an overview of meth use in these counties and provides figures, maps, and tables. 2004
ILLINOIS 362.299 METH SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Methamphetamine: Quick Facts: Trends in Measures of Methamphetamine Activities in Illinois' Fourth Judicial Circuit

Illinois' Fourth Judicial Circuit includes the following nine south-central counties: Christian, Clay, Clinton, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Marion, Montgomery, and Shelby. This comparative analysis is an overview of meth use in these counties and provides figures, maps, and tables. 2004
ILLINOIS 362.299 METH FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Methamphetamine: Quick Facts: Trends in Measures of Methamphetamine Activities in Illinois' Fifth Judicial Circuit

Illinois' Fifth Judicial Circuit includes the following five eastern counties: Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, and Vermilion. This comparative analysis is an overview of meth use in these counties and provides figures, maps, and tables. 2004

The Impact of Methamphetamine on Illinois Communities: An Ethnography

Using interviews from community members, this Research Report describes the impact meth has on agencies and citizens within Edgar and Clark counties. 2004

What is Methamphetamine?

The Illinois State Police website explains the short-term and long-term side effects of meth, and the ingredients used to make it. Are you living near a meth lab? Indicators of meth lab activity, safety tips, and police contact instructions also are provided.

Legal Information

Methamphetamine: Are Tougher Laws Needed?

This is a very informative and thorough examination of the issues, background, chronology, and current situation regarding meth in the U.S., complete with sidebars and graphics.
CQ Researcher.Vol. 15, No. 25 July 15, 2005

Meth Laws in Illinois

As part of her MethNet pages, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's website on meth provides both excerpts and complete text of all Illinois laws pertaining to methamphetamine.

Federal Drug Trafficking Penalties

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration website features a penalty chart for trafficking of drugs, including methamphetamine.

Methamphetamines

Looking for cases involving meth? Consult the ALR Index and pocket part for annotations.
ALR Index M-P pp. 159-160

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