Wisconsin Crystal Meth Rehab Information

Wisconsin Crystal Meth Addiction

Each year in the state of Wisconsin, Methamphetamine is becoming more popular primarily in rural counties in the western region of the state. Crack Cocaine users are growing more interested because of the much lower price, long lasting effects; that give them more than Crack Cocaine. Most of the state's supply is imported from southwestern states bordering Mexico, and chances are in most cases of Mexican production as well. Laboratory seizures are also increasing, while local production increases. Serious environmental and physical safety hazards are created daily in local labs. Many of the chemists who had been producing the drug in Iowa and Minnesota are moving into Wisconsin to avoid the investigative efforts by state law officials. Emergency room visits in regards to Crystal Meth in Wisconsin have increased 47 percent from just 1996 to 1998. Youth between ages of 12 and 15 have been reportedly injecting the drug instead of snorting or smoking it.

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