Methamphetamine Crime and Community Safety Issue Nov. 27, 2018 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Methamphetamine

Crime and Community Safety Issue

• Nov. 27, 2018

What is Meth?

• Powder Meth
• White, odourless, bitter tasting
• Simulant, once used for medicinal

purposes (ADHD, obesity and narcolepsy)

• Smoked, ingested, snorted or injected
• Crystal Meth
• Generally colourless and odourless
• Typically smoked
• Effects
• When smoked, effects felt within

seconds

• High can last 6 to 18 hours
• High is usually followed by a binge
• ‘Amphetamine psychosis,’ similar to

paranoid schizophrenia

Meth Production and Transportation

• Mexico is a major producer, however Alberta does not

generally import meth from Mexico

• Precursor chemicals imported from China
• BC is a significant producer
• Dissolvable in solution for disguise during transport

Calgary Meth Seizures

Price of Meth

• 2015 - $100/ gram
• 2017 - $50/gram or $10/point (0.1 grams)
• 2018 - $3/point
• DEA has noted a 50% drop in meth prices throughout

the U.S. as well.

Meth – Calls for Service

CFS where “meth” is mentioned

• (Nov. 2016- Oct 2018) Total number of calls for

service where meth is mentioned is 8,767

• Nov. 2016 – 283
• Oct. 2018 - 471

Questions?