The methamphetamine crisis : strategies to save addicts, families, and communities / edited by Herbert C. Covey ; foreword by Lori Moriarty.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-264) and index.

Foreword / Lori Moriarty -- Pt.I The basics of methamphetamine : What is methamphetamine and how and why is it used? / Herbert C. Covey -- Prevalence of use and manufacture of methamphetamine in the United States: is the sky falling or is it not really a problem? / Herbert C. Covey.

Pt.II The human side of clandestine methamphetamine labs and health risks of exposure : Methamphetamine production: lab identification and the dangers of making methamphetamine to families, children, and professionals / Lynn Riemer -- The short- and long-term medical effects of methamphetamine on children and adults / Kathryn M. Wells -- The environmental cleanup of methamphetamine labs / Colleen Brisnehan.

Pt.III Case management and treatment for methamphetamine use, does anything work? : Case management with parents affected by methamphetamine addiction / Karen Mooney -- Community-based treatment for methamphetamine addiction / Nicolas Taylor -- A multisite comparison of psychosocial approaches for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence / Richard A. Rawson, and others -- Child welfare and methamphetamine / Herbert C. Covey -- Tonya's story: words of experience from a methamphetamine addict in recovery / Tonya Wheeler -- Samantha's story: words of experience from a methamphetamine addict in recovery / Samantha Cameron -- Mother of a methamphetamine addict / Rhonda.

Pt.IV Community responses to methamphetamine use and manufacture : Methamphetamine addiction: an integrated approach to case management, evaluation, and treatment / Angela Mead -- Drug courts: an effective strategy for communities facing methamphetamine / C. West Huddleston III -- A creative partnership among multiple systems: the El Paso County, Colorado, Family Treatment Drug Court / Shirley Rhodus, Julia Roguski.