Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine poses a low but possibly emerging drug threat to New Hampshire. Law enforcement reporting indicates that methamphetamine availability and abuse are increasing, particularly in the seacoast region. According to TEDS, methamphetamine-related treatment admissions to publicly funded facilities increased from 7 in 1998 to 16 in 1999. (See Table 1 in Heroin section.) Mexican criminal groups transport most of the methamphetamine available in New Hampshire from California using package delivery services. Methamphetamine also is produced in the state. In August 2001 the DEA Boston Division seized a nonoperational methamphetamine laboratory in Plymouth that was capable of producing multiounce quantities. Methamphetamine typically is distributed in private residences, bars, other public venues, and increasingly at raves. Outlaw motorcycle gangs and independent dealers, generally Caucasians, are the principal methamphetamine distributors in New Hampshire. According to DEA, in the first quarter of FY2002, methamphetamine sold for $150 per gram at the retail level. 

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