Methamphetamine costs

However, they are both easy to make. 7 nd, because of these restrictions, the price of methamphetamine has gone above 100 per gram, while it costs only 1 or 2 per gram to make. 

Prices for methamphetamine vary throughont different regions of the United States, ranging from 3500 per ponnd in parts of Cahfomia and Texas to 21,000 per ponnd in southeastern and northeastern regions of the country. Retail prices range from 400 to 3000 per ounce. This corresponds to a cost of 10 to 60 per dosage nnit. ... 

Innovative research is also ongoing to characterize natural product-derived substances that prevent the gastrointestinal absorption of alcohol, and limit CNS receptor super-sensitivity responses to chronic methamphetamine abuse. Development of pharmacologic treatments that could effectively and safely achieve either goal would be of enormou spotential consequence in the management of two of the most intractable and costly substance abuse problems in the U.S, namely alcoholism and methamphetamine abuse. 

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