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Parental Methamphetamine Use and Manufacture: Child and Familial Outcomes

Nena Messina1, Kira Jeter

  • 1Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles nmessina@ucla.edu 310.267.5509.

Journal of Public Child Welfare
|August 11, 2012
PubMed

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Children exposed to methamphetamine (MA) manufacturing face severe neglect and harm. This study details the outcomes for children removed from MA lab environments, highlighting significant child protective services involvement and medical issues.

Area of Science:

  • Child Health
  • Toxicology
  • Criminology

Background:

  • Children of methamphetamine (MA) users and manufacturers face high risks of neglect, abuse, and physical harm.
  • Exposure to illicit drug manufacturing environments poses significant dangers to child well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To document the epidemiology of children removed from home-based MA labs.
  • To analyze the familial outcomes for these drug-endangered children.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive analysis of 99 cases of drug-endangered children.
  • Data collected from children removed from home-based MA labs in Los Angeles County (2001-2003).

Main Results:

  • Substantiated neglect was confirmed in 93% of cases.
  • Child protective services detainment occurred in 97% of cases.
  • Eighty percent of children had documented medical diagnoses, often linked to MA manufacturing exposure.

Conclusions:

  • Children removed from MA labs experience high rates of neglect and require significant child protective services intervention.
  • Exposure to MA manufacturing environments is associated with substantial medical problems in children.

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