Methamphetamine

As 2006 comes to a close, we look back at the year's biggest drug reform defeats, disappointments, and downers.

The DEA jumped on the meth registry bandwagon last week, with a twist.

Arizona voters took a step backward by allowing first- and second-time methamphetamine offenders to be sentenced to jail or prison -- unlike any other Arizona drug possession offenders.

A new government report finds prior drug use by prisoners almost unchanged from a decade ago, but highlights slight increases in prior methamphetamine use while removing alcohol from consideration.

Locked in a tight race, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is making methamphetamine a campaign issue.

Ten years ago, Arizona voters enacted a sentencing reform initiative that stopped judges from sending first- and second-time drug possession offenders to jail or prison. Now, the state legislature has crafted an initiative that would make an exception for methamphetamine offenders.

Insite, Vancouver's pioneering safe injection site, has won a temporary reprieve from the Canadian government, but now the government wants more research and is refusing to pay for it.

Grayson County, Texas, is nothing special, just your average heartland county. That's what makes a review of its court cases so revealing.

California prosecutors hope the third time is the charm in their effort to secure a murder conviction against a woman whose infant son had methamphetamine in his blood when he died. She's already serving 10 years for child endangerment.

Drug offender registries are a hare-brained idea that is more likely to help young people find drug dealers than prevent them.