Existing Drug Combo Shows Potential for First Meth Addiction Treatment

While the opioid addiction crisis has garnered much-needed national attention, deaths due to another highly-addictive drug have also been on the rise across America.

Overdose deaths from the highly-addicted stimulant drug methamphetamine increased 10-fold from 2009 to 2019, to over 16,500 a year. Amidst the global pandemic, meth overdoses surged even higher by roughly a third, with 19,600 deaths over a 12-month period ending in June 2020.