Crystal Meth is Also

 

Driving Up Our Overdose Statistics



Crystal meth is also impacting the number of overdoses we see every year. These are the overdose deaths involving psychostimulants primarily methamphetamine according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2023):




  • 1999 we had 547.
  • 2020 we gad 23837
  • In 2021 we had 32537

References

National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2023, February 9). Overdose Death Rates. National Institute on         Drug Abuse; National Institutes of Health. httpy://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-                        statistics/overdose-death- rates.

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