Societal Effects of Meth
The social and monetary costs due to the proliferation of methamphetamine
include the following:
- meth toxicity and death
- injury and loss of innocent life due to actions
of the users
- abuse or abandonment of children by parents involved in meth use
- theft of money
and property diverted for drug use
- loss of employment for users
- costs of social services to care
for neglected children and dependants of users
- costs for medical care of users and their victims
- increased rate
of sexually transmitted disease
- cost of law enforcement, prosecution and incarceration
- cost of rehabilitating users
- destruction of the social fabric
of family and community
- hazmat cleanups of lab
sites
- flight of business and professionals from meth related
crime
- enrichment of a criminal subculture that funds a continuum of antisocial activity
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