Methamphetamine abuse : epidemiologic issues and implications / editors, Marissa A. Miller, Nicholas J. Kozel.

Rockville, Maryland : National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1991.

iv, 130 pages : black and white illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

This item was donated as part of the DrugScope archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/DRS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/psspw62x

"This monograph is based upon papers and discussion from a technical review on 'Methamphetamine Abuse: Epidemiologic Issues and Implications' held on August 28-29, 1990, in Bethesda, Maryland."--Page ii.

Copy 1. Donor: DrugScope.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction and overview / Marissa A. Miller and Nicholas J. Kozel -- Pyrolytic characteristics, pharmacokinetics, and bioavailability of smoked heroin, cocaine, phencyclidine, and methamphetamine / C. Edgar Cook -- Neurotoxicity of methamphetamine : mechanisms of action and issues related to aging / Lewis S. Selden -- The environmental impact and adverse health effects of the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine / Gary D. Irvine and Ling Chin -- Heavy metal and organic contaminants associated with illicit methamphetamine production / Brent T. Burton -- Methamphetamine abuse in California / Bruce Helschober and Marissa A. Miller -- Trends and patterns of methamphetamine smoking in Hawaii / Marissa A. Miller -- Methamphetamine abuse in Japan / Hiroshi Suwaki -- Trends and patterns of methamphetamine abuse in the Republic of Korea / Byung In Cho -- Community networks for response to abuse outbreaks of methamphetamine and its analogs / James N. Hall and Pauline M. Broderick.