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

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Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.

Methamphetamine abuse -- United States.

Methamphetamine -- United States.

Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States.

Children of drug addicts -- United States.

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006025913.html

0275993221 (alk. paper)

9780275993221 (alk. paper) :

xvi, 276 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Foreword / by Lori Moriarty -- 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 -- The human side to 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 clean-up of methamphetamine labs / Colleen Brisnehan -- Case management and treatment for methamphetamine use : does anything work? -- Case management with 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 et al. -- 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 -- Community and legal 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 and Julia Roguski.

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