Meth Blogpost

In the past couple years, meth has become a very prominent drug in Oregon. It produces a high unlike no other that the body is not meant to experience. Using toxic chemicals found in any drug store or supermarket, meth addicts have become cookers and make their own meth. This creates a whole new share of problems for law enforcement because when meth is cooked, it spreads everywhere.

pseudoephedrine is a main chemical component of meth. To try to prevent the spread of meth, the government passed a law in Oregon limiting the sale of pseudophedrine to prescription only. This decreased the spread of meth and made cooking your own meth more difficult. But soon enough meth cookers found substitute chemicals that they could buy over the counter and meth production picked up again.

Going forward, meth use is very present in Oregon society. As the law enforcement evolves it's approach to controlling meth, the meth cookers change the way they cook using new and dangerous chemicals. Only time will tell what long term effect meth will have on illegal drugs in our society moving on.

Source:

"Big Pharma And Meth Cooks Agree: Keep Cold Meds Over The Counter." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.

This source explained the rise in popularity of meth. It also went into detail about the effects of meth on the user and the damage it can cause to the area it is cooked in. Lastly the source explained the long term effects of meth on the user.

PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.

This source went into every aspect involved in the rise in popularity of meth. The program details the making of meth and it's effects on it's users. Also the program talks about the law enforcement's approach to regulating meth and the chemicals required to make it. Lastly the program interviewed former meth addicts which added a new perspective to the discussion of meth.

 
http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/methamphetamine

This source went into every aspect involved in the rise in popularity of meth. The source details the affects of meth on the brain and how it makes the user "high". Also the source talks about the production of meth and how it can be made with many different combinations of chemicals. Lastly this source analyzes other heath effect of regular meth uses.