Caring for Patients Who Abuse Methamphetamine

By Lola Giusti, DDS, MA, Alan W. Budenz, MS, DDS, MBA, Swapandeep S. Mushiana, MS and Cathrine Steinborn, DDS

According to a 2008 study by the United Nations, approximately 25 million individuals around the world use methamphetamine.¹ Between 2008 and 2014, however, the number of methamphetamine users more than doubled. Worldwide, as many as 52 million people between the ages of 15 and 64 are estimated to have used amphetamine-type stimulants for nonmedical purposes in 2014.² It is the second most widely abused recreational drug (following cannabis).²

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