While attention is fixed on opioids, meth use is growing in the Upper Midwest
(WorldNews Health)

As communities struggle to address the rising use of heroin and other opioid narcotics, another familiar drug has continued to tighten its grip. Figures from law enforcement and addiction treatment specialists show that methamphetamine remains the most commonly used hard drug in the region. Minnesota has experienced a 489 percent increase from 2009 to 2016 in meth seizures, according to the Department of Public Safety. And while 2009 marked a low point in levels for people seeking treatment, methamphetamine arrests and seizures have dramatically increased since then. Methamphetamine is smuggled into Minnesota from Mexico in high quantities, officials say. (Forum News Service photo...