The problem of methamphetamine in Indian country : hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on the problem of methamphetamine in Indian country, April 5, 2006, Washington, DC.

"This study ..., conducted by the Criminal Justice Research Division of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), used the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program to document methamphetamine use and its consequences among arrestees ... in five cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose in California; Phoenix, Arizona, and Portland, Oregon"--P. ix-x.

Ice. Methedrine. Crank. Crystal. Whatever its guise, the social and political contexts of methamphetamine share a certain uniqueness. Nicholas Parsons chronicles the history and mythology of methamphetamine in the United States from the 1940s¿when it was hailed as a wonder drug¿to the present. In an intriguing analysis, he also makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social construction of social problems.