At that time, the illicit amphetamine market consisted of diverted pharmaceutical amphetamine ( Anglin et al., 2000). In this paper, we seek to document the emerging effects of the latest precursor bans on methamphetamine supply and demand and consider future changes in the use of this drug.Īmphetamine tablets were available in the U.S. Yet, as discussed by Cunningham et al., during the past few decades, decreases in methamphetamine trends have been short-lived and followed by subsequent increases. Decreases in use are often accompanied by a lessening of public policy attention to prevention, treatment, and interdiction needs. The cyclical nature of the increases and decreases in use after earlier methamphetamine precursor bans has been documented in studies by Cunningham et al.
Demand is characterized by the initiation and continued use of the drug as shown in changes in incidence and prevalence in surveys and in adverse events as indicated by data such as emergency room and drug treatment program admissions. Supply means not only the quantity of the drug available and seized, but also purity, price, formulation of the drug, and responses by criminal justice agencies. has been marked by the interaction of supply and demand. The history of the methamphetamine epidemic in the U.S.
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