From 1994 to 2004, the number of admissions to addiction treatment and drug rehab in which crystal meth amphetamine was the primary drug of abuse increased from 33,443 in 1994 to 129,079 in 2004. The crystal meth amphetamine admissions represented 2.0% of the total drug/alcohol admissions to addiction treatment and drug rehab during 1994 and 6.9% of the addiction treatment and drug rehab admissions in 2004. The average age of those admitted to addiction treatment for crystal meth amphetamine during 2004 was 30 years.14

Crystal Meth amphetamine is a Schedule II narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.25 The chemicals that are used to produce crystal meth amphetamine are also controlled under the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 (MCA). This legislation broadened the controls on listed chemicals used in the production of crystal meth amphetamine, increased penalties for the trafficking and manufacturing of crystal meth amphetamine and listed chemicals, and expanded the controls of products containing the licit chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine (PPA).26

Signed in October 2000, the Children’s Health Act of 2000 includes provisions dealing with crystal meth amphetamine prevention, production, enforcement, treatment and abuse.27

On March 9, 2006, President Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, which includes provisions to strengthen Federal, state, and local efforts to combat the spread of crystal meth amphetamine.28

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