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Methamphetamine
A Guide to Finding Government and Legal Information
Web version of this guide includes links to web resources.
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Mix and match these terms in searching the library catalog, WestCat , or use them to search journal articles and law reviews via the library's Databases page. You can also use them to search government information sites listed on our Starting Points page - click the tab and pay particular attention to the Top Six.
- methamphetamine
- meth
- crystal meth
- ice (drug)
- abuse
- shake and bake
- pseudoephedrine
- phenyl-2-propanone
- precursor
- effects
- statistics
- prevention
Related Topics:
- illegal drugs
- drug trafficking
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- site:mil methamphetamine
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Law Review Articles and Annotations
Law reviews are an important resource for legal topics like this one. They can lead you to laws and cases as well as discuss legal theory. A few law journals are indexed in multidisciplinary databases, but the best bang for your buck will be to search Nexis Uni for full-text access to many hundreds of law reviews.
Federal Government Information
The testimony in this hearing discusses the effect that tracking pseudoephedrine and ephedrine purchasers has had on the manufacture, trafficking, and use of meth. 2012
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo32395
This report details the effects of meth use on the body, the history of meth in the U.S., and the impact of meth on rural law enforcement. 2006
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/209730.pdf
This document offers a state-by-state look at the effect of state laws working in concert with the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act. 2006
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS78406
This report discusses the effects of meth addiction, both physically and psychologically, on abusers and their born and unborn children.
http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/files/Meth and Child Safety.pdf
This document looks at the effects of local and state drug control strategies on synthetic drug production and use. 2006
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS75668
An initial three-year decline in American meth production as a result of the increased difficulty of obtaining pseudoephedrine has been overcome by 'smurfing' and alternate methods of production.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-204
This report discusses recent federal law and legislation affecting the meth trade. 2008
https://file.wikileaks.org/file/crs/RS22325.pdf
Illinois Government Information
Is Meth Next Door?
This pamphlet briefly describes what to look for (or smell for) in your neighborhood indicative of an operating meth lab.
ILLINOIS. 362.299 ISME 2007
This research bulletin describes the costs of meth production and use to small communities and local law enforcement agencies. 2004
http://www.icjia.state.il.us/public/pdf/Bulletins/Meth%5Fethnography.pdf
Legal Information
This act covers possession of meth precursors and chemicals, participation in manufacture, use of property, meth-related child endangerment, trafficking, delivery, possession, forfeiture, conspiracy, etc.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2733&ChapterID=53
720 ILCS 646/
This act limits the amount of pseudoephedrine that an individual may purchase both at time of purchase and per month.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2756&ChapterID=53
720 ILCS 648/
This act established an electronic database for tracking purchasers of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=3394&ChapterID=53
720 ILCS 649/
http://wiu.edu/libraries/govpubs/guides/methamphetamine.php
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