Methamphetamine Abuse: Where Are We?
Wyoming Statistics
- The percentage of high school students in Wyoming who stated that they have “ever” tried Meth has decreased more than 50% since 1999, dropping significantly from 12.6% in 1999 to 6.0% in 2007. (1)
- The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation reports that methamphetamine investigations fell from an all-time high of 60 percent of all drug investigations in 2005 to 38 percent in 2007.(2)
- The number of Meth labs reported by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations decreased from 60 labs in 2002 to six (6) labs in 2006. (2)
National Statistics
- According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Meth use among 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students in the United States has been decreasing since 1999. (3)
- Lifetime and past year methamphetamine use decreased among 8th- and 12th-graders between 2006 and 2007; lifetime use among 8th-graders declined from 2.7 percent to 1.8 percent, and lifetime use among 12th-graders declined from 4.4 percent to 3.0 percent.
- Past-year methamphetamine use was reported by 1.1 percent of 8th-graders in 2007 (a decline from 1.8 percent in 2006), 1.6 percent of 10th-graders, and 1.7 percent of 12th-graders (a decline from 2.5 percent in 2006). (3)According to the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), lifetime Meth use decreased from 5.3% in 2002 to 4.3% in 2005 among persons age 12 and older. (4)
(1)– Wyoming Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): http://www.k12.wy.us/HS/yrbs/yrbs.asp
(2)-Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI): http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/dci/
(3)- Monitoring the FutureSurvey: http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/HSYouthtrends.html
(4)- National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH):
http://oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k6nsduh/2k6Results.cfm#Fig2-1