Oregon has a higher rate of methamphetamine addiction than most states in America. This drug is produced secretly in home laboratories using substances from around the house, including ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.

They also produce a more refined version of methamphetamine known as crystal meth. These small labs have a capacity of producing up to 10 pounds of methamphetamine and crystal meth in a day, which are distributed in the local market. In addition, methamphetamine also comes into Oregon from the other states, notably Washington and California, and from the country of Mexico. Due to all these reasons, the usage of methamphetamine in Oregon is rapidly increasing.Today methamphetamine addiction in Oregon is most prominent in the younger age group of 18 to 25 years, and is used mostly in nightclubs and rave parties. This new club drug is highly addictive. Most youngsters become addicted to methamphetamine and crystal meth with their first attempt and then it becomes very difficult for them to come back. The drug acts by influencing the pleasure inducing areas of the brain. Soon, the brain associates pleasure with only the drug and nothing else. For that reason, the person needs to continue using the drug to experience pleasure. This cycle becomes very difficult to break.

The health experts recommend meth rehab in Oregon to be the only options within the state to overcome a meth addiction. This addiction cannot be treated on a self-help basis and given the strong nature of the drug, it is difficult to treat it in a general addiction treatment atmosphere too. There are meth rehab centers in Oregon in the cities of Eugene, Medford, Portland and Salem.