METHAMPHETAMINE USE INCREASING AMONG STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS

METHAMPHETAMINE USE INCREASING AMONG STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS: "Prior methamphetamine use among state and federal prisoners has increased since 1997, according to a new report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The use of methamphetamines in the month before an offense rose from 7 percent of state prisoners in 1997 to 11 percent in 2004. Methamphetamine use at the time of an offense rose from 4 percent to 6 percent during that period. Federal inmates reported similar increases in methamphetamine use."