Part A - Society for Public Health Education

“Pushing Back Against Meth: Progress Report of the Fight Against Methamphetaminein the United States” is a report that “attempts to describe thevarious restrictions in all 50 States and compare them to the Federal CMEAstandard implemented in September 2006.” The report is available at http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/pdf/pushingback_against_meth.pdf.State StatisticsThe following are some Web resources for state statistics:• DEA Maps of Meth Lab Incidentshttp://www.dea.gov/concern/map_lab_seizures.html• Drug and Alcohol Services Information Systemhttp://www.oas.samhsa.gov/dasis.htm• SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, State Data on Alcohol, Tobacco, andIllegal Drug Use and Mental Healthhttp://www.oas.samhsa.gov/statesIndex.htm• National Drug Threat Assessment 2007 (see regional summaries)http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs21/21137/index.htm• DEA State Fact Sheetshttp://www.usdoj.gov/dea/statistics.html• National Association of Counties—Meth Action Clearinghousehttp://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Meth_Action_Clearinghouse© 2007 Society for Public Health EducationWhat Community Leaders Can Do to Help• Target areas of greatest need and allocate resources accordingly. As researchhas shown, neighborhoods suffering from high crime, delinquency,or vandalism are often susceptible to problems with drug abuse. For manycommunity leaders, it is important to understand where crime is takingplace in their communities and the programs and resources that are availableto address it. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’sSocioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography (SMART) program isa geographic information system and Web-based mapping application thatillustrates specific geographic areas of crime and delinquency and the nearbygovernmental and community resources that are available to prevent andcontrol them. Please visit http://smart.gismapping.info/smart/About.aspx formore information and to register (at no charge) to access SMART.Part A: An Educational Toolkit for Health Educators33