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`::>:f , f> 'Dealing and Distribution: Over three•fourths of both male and female respondents reported e a'~ sales and distributions connected to their use of methamphetamine. YVomen Dealers were substa~t likely than mate dealers to be successful business entrepreneurs and were more tikefy to des~~~ :Y::,:.....:rr r.... patterns in terms of business ethos and pride, and rules far operation. _ :::::><.>~::~~r:<: r;:~:;;~> . . :.ff{{: :i. r:< »:<::r:. . SI9111144~$Y FIIVI?INGS Our research found rrx:thamphetamine use to be firmly entrenched in some commun~ies, and is steadily spreading into new areas and populations, especially in California. In urban areas we found that many high risk behaviors are crossing boundaries. Dave and club scenes have become a nexus bringing together men and worrten from levels of society, both gay and straight, where meth is used and sold. ftesutts from the study in Honolulu ind'~ate that ice is finding and uncomfortable but considerable position anion other ttl~ctt drugs The„use of ?ce on Honolulu had led to particula serious h gal and g P ys psychologtcat problems and s~gnd~cant sok:~ai d~srupf~on ira poor oriunat ca~~,r~~es ~vi~ere r~place~ manluana which had becum~ scare and "expensive dt~ to erad~catiorf ~ooticies. fir; contthu~s to r~sdit in ~edr)O s~~ieus €ns~lvi~uai obse cusp€~utirec~'~~ t,h `dev~stt3g t o~ t~asa ~asa~ies. . 1~detharrtarratne drug control policy has results in several unintended cons uences. Th . ~ e fist w~ that tfre reduction of ava~able cherr~cals used to manufacture P2P meth encouraged its rept~err~ent by ~e ephedrine process of manufacturing. The chemical precursors for this process are not so dffficutt to obtain, it ~ somewhat easier to make arad conceal. a ressaft rr~ny s~ ~depender~ labs have bscorr~e more distr~uted tf~roughout the state, rraanufactutingprcducts of varfed and- unpredictable qualitDr. Thus more -users have easier access to ire a potentially dangerous product. The growing population of marginalized wortcing•ctass who are unskilled and relatively young from econorstty decking conmunitaes, ado encourages entrance info the lli~it rnetharv~hetarr~ne r~nufacture and distn'bution industry. Research findings suggest that greater amounts of teas expensive meth from the mainland gill be processed into ice in Honolulu, or 4n the mainland, leading to more corr~et~bn with '~sian° sources, thus driving down prices and increasing the social disruption. ~Iso, if increasing production of mainland rt'~thamphetamine promotes the irr~ortation of huh quality °glass' into Honolulu, it will seriously increase the problem in both areas. A higher quality, much cheaper, and more available ice will increase consurr~tion in Honolulu, and produt~ion on the mainland, ' ®isengrarrchised corr~mrnities, dysfunctional families and troubled iesdrviduals urge as the rraost substantial contrigauting precondstions in providing access, interest and predictably probtera~tic involvement with rnetharr~hetamine. The results from this study clearly show that methamphetarrane is partieularty seductive for poor people, and people Frith troubled backgrounds. . 1 . I I f