Methamphetamine Tool Kit
April 2006 – June 2006
Richard A. Rawson, Principal Investigator
The California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs contracted with ISAP to
write 20 topical briefing sheets on methamphetamine (MA) for clinicians (with
a secondary audience being counties and other states). Topics covered were MA
use among women, men, adolescents, men who have sex with men, and ethnic minority
groups; children exposed to parental MA use and production; MA and criminal justice,
the environment, HIV and HCV, and co-occurring disorders; general health effects
of MA; detoxification from MA; MA myths; MA prevalence in California, trends
in MA treatment admissions in California, and knowledge needed to better address
the MA problem in California; guidelines for effective assessment, treatment
planning, and recovery for MA users; and best practices for treating MA-dependent
individuals.