Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine is not commonly produced, distributed, or abused in Rhode Island and, therefore, is not considered a significant threat to the state. Methamphetamine-related treatment admissions to publicly funded facilities increased from 1997 to 2001 but remained low in comparison with admissions for abuse of other illicit drugs. According to TEDS, treatment admissions increased from 7 in 1997 to 16 in 2001. (See Table 2 in Overview section.) Federal law enforcement officials seized no methamphetamine in Rhode Island from 1998 through 2002. Methamphetamine seldom is produced in Rhode Island; however, in March 2002 Rhode Island State Police arrested an individual who operated a methamphetamine laboratory and supplied local students with the drug. This was the only methamphetamine laboratory seized in Rhode Island from 1998 through June 2003.

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