methamphetamine

Grand Addiction Recovery Center is off Interstate 44 in Tulsa. It provides a continuum of care, ranging from medically supervised detox to outpatient counseling.

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A collaborative in Tulsa models how Oklahoma communities can fight the methamphetamine epidemic

Catherine Sweeney

Methamphetamine is killing more Oklahomans than any illicit drug. Nonprofits, treatment centers, policy analysts and law enforcement in Tulsa created a program to broaden access to recovery from it.

A criminal expert shows crystal meth at the German federal police in Wiesbaden, Germany, Thursday, Nov.13, 2014.

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Methamphetamine may not be the center of attention, but it’s killing more Oklahomans than any other drug

Catherine Sweeney

Nearly two decades after Sudafed restrictions halted local methamphetamine production, the drug continues to cause more overdose deaths in Oklahoma than any other.

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HBO Documentary 'Meth Storm' Explores Drug's Scourge In Rural Arkansas

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with filmmakers Brent and Craig Renaud about how a potent form of meth and a lack of economic opportunity are devastating one community.

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services logged 517 reports last year of newborn infants who tested positive for controlled drugs or alcohol. The number of reported exposures has risen steadily, but it's unclear how much is due to rising drug use and how

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Reports Of Drug-Exposed Newborns Surge

Oklahoma Watch

Oklahoma health-care professionals reported to the state a record 517 cases of newborn infants who tested positive for dangerous drugs or alcohol last…

Oklahoma News

Parents Helping Parents Gives Hope To Families Dealing With Addiction

Every other Thursday night, Parents Helping Parents meets in a room at the Norman Regional Hospital Education Center. The meetings consist of mostly…