Meth lab seizures have gone up 577% nationally (USA) since 1995.
Meth is surpassing cocaine as the drug of choice in Oklahoma. The office reports Meth is found in more cases of homicides, and motor vehicle accidents.
The estimated cost of making Meth is $100 an ounce, with a street value of $800 an ounce.
Meth's street value is approximately $3,000 per pound.
Methamphetamine led to 10,447 visits to emergency departments in 1999, down from a peak of 17,665 in 1994.
Methamphetamine contributed to nearly 500 deaths in 1998, the last year for which data are available.
Approximately 8% of high school seniors surveyed in 2000 had used methamphetamine at least once in their lives. An unknown number of teenage users may have dropped out of school before reaching senior year.
It costs government an average of $2,000 to clean up a methamphetamine lab.
The graph above shows the amount of Methamphetamine seized (in kg) every year from 1992 to 2004.
This graph shows the number of homes investigated for Meth labs and the number of arrests in comparison every year from 1992 to 2004.
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