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Trends, Analyses and Reports
 

Position Paper on Methamphetamine in California – Angela Goldberg
This is a working paper prepared for CPI and the California Prevention Collaborative Summit Meth Discussion Session in April 2006. It contains valuable information about meth in CA and how to collectively prevent its grip on our communities.

Summary Report: GPAC Ad Hoc Committee on Methamphetamine Findings and Recommendations 
Governor’s Prevention Advisory Council (GPAC)
This report summarizes the process, findings and recommendations of the GPAC Ad Hoc Committee on Methamphetamine. More info about GPAC can be found at http://www.adp.ca.gov/prevention/gpac.shtml.

California’s Methamphetamine Crisis: Examining Strategies for Prevention, Treatment, and Law Enforcement
California Senate Select Committee on Methamphetamine Abuse
This briefing paper was produced by CA Senator Jackie Speier’s office. Senator Speier chairs the Senate Select Committee on Methamphetamine Abuse. Her office information is available online at www.sen.ca.gov/speier.

Methamphetamine Use: Lessons Learned
Authors: Dana Hunt, Ph.D.; Sarah Kuck; Linda Truitt, Ph.D.
February 2006
This report provides an overview of the methamphetamine problem in the United States. It looks at the history of the problem, trends in use, characteristics of users, adverse effects, trafficking and production and treatment issues. The analysis relies on extensive review of extant literature on the drug, analysis of existing datasets relevant to methamphetamine use, and conversations with law enforcement treatment, and government personnel dealing with the problem.

Meth Labs: California’s Hidden Danger by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer

Pushing Back Against Meth:  A Progress Report on the Fight Against Methamphetamine in the United States
Office of National Drug Control Policy

UCLA Evaluation on Proposition 36 – The bottom line is that treatment does work for meth addicts.


 

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