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methamphetamine addiction rehabMore than three quarters of a million people are considered current methamphetamine users. Another 1.2 million people abuse prescription stimulant amphetamines. Both classes of drugs are highly addictive and can cause severe damage.

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Methamphetamine addiction in the United States
The proportion of rehab admissions for abuse of methamphetamine/amphetamine and other stimulants increased from 3 percent to 9 percent between 1996 and 2006. Fifty-four percent of primary methamphetamine/amphetamine admissions were male. Two-thirds (68 percent) of primary methamphetamine/amphetamine admissions were nonHispanic White, followed by 19 percent who were of Hispanic origin and 3 percent each who were Asian/Pacific Islander or nonHispanic Black. For primary methamphetamine/amphetamine admissions, the average age at admission was 31 years. Sixty-five percent of primary methamphetamine/amphetamine admissions reported smoking as the route of administration, 18 percent reported injection, and 11 percent reported inhalation.

In 2006, there were an estimated 731,000 current users of methamphetamine aged 12 or older (0.3 percent of the population). These estimates do not differ significantly from estimates for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

However, the rate of lifetime methamphetamine use in 2006 (5.8 percent) was higher than that in 2005 (5.2 percent) but lower than that in 2002 (6.5 percent). there are also 1.2 million current users of prescription stimulant amphetamines such as Ritalin, Adderall and Dexedrine.