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	Methamphetamine Abuse: Epidemiologic Issues and Implications

NIDA Research Monograph, Number 115 [Printed in 1991]

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Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview-----1
Marissa A. Miller and Nicholas J. Kozel

Pyrolytic Characteristics, Pharmacokinetics, and Bioavailability of Smoked Heroin, Cocaine, Phencyclidine, and Methamphetamine-----6
C. Edgar Cook

Neurotoxicity of Methamphetamine: Mechanisms of Action and Issues Related to Aging-----24
Lewis S. Seiden

The Environmental Impact and Adverse Health Effects of the Clandestine Manufacture of Methamphetamine-----33
Gary D. Irvine and Ling Chin

Heavy Metal and Organic Contaminants Associated With Illicit Methamphetamine Production-----47
Brent T. Burton

Methamphetamine Abuse in California-----60
Bruce Heischober and Marissa A. Miller

Trends and Patterns of Methamphetamine Smoking in Hawaii-----72
Marissa A. Miller

Methamphetamine Abuse in Japan-----84
Hiroshi Suwaki

Trends and Patterns of Methamphetamine Abuse in the Republic of Korea-----99
Byung In Cho

Community Networks for Response to Abuse Outbreaks of Methamphetamine and Its Analogs-----109
James N. Hall and Pauline M. Broderick

List of NIDA Research Monographs-----121

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