Methamphetamine: an update on epidemiology, pharmacology, clinical phenomenology, and treatment literature.

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Abstract

Despite initial reports of a decline in use in the early 2000s, methamphetamine remains a significant public health concern with known neurotoxic and neurocognitive effects to the user. The goal of this review is to update the literature on methamphetamine use and addiction since its assent to peak popularity in 1990s.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Drug Alcohol Depend

Title: Drug and alcohol dependence

ISSN (Electronic): 1879-0046

ISSN (Print): 0376-8716

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 1 2014

Volume: 143

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[1 ] Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, United States.

[2 ] Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States. Electronic address: lararay@psych.ucla.edu.

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Publisher Item ID: S0376-8716(14)01031-X Mid ID: NIHMS625079

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.08.003

PMC ID: 4164186

PubMed ID: 25176528

SO-VID: fccc6f8c-56fd-4b82-a44e-91e6c2d1787b

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Keywords: Addiction,Medication development,Methamphetamine,Stimulants

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Keywords: Addiction, Medication development, Methamphetamine, Stimulants

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