Welcome to the Santa Cruz Meth Website
The Santa Cruz Meth Project is a community based program providing education and support to schools, concerned citizens and neighborhood watch groups to raise awareness and prevent the consequences and impact of methamphetamine distribution and use in our community.

The Meth Action Team, a group of concerned youth and local citizens are working to develop strategies with community members in identified neighborhoods to enhance neighborhood health and safety.

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Santa Cruz County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services - For information on:

  • 12 - Step Programs
  • Outpatient (Day) and Counseling Programs
  • Residential (Live-in) Recovery
  • Interventions

 

 

Local Meth Facts

  • The number of meth treatment cases opened by HSA more than doubled from 2001 to 2005
  • Meth cases accounted for 42 percent of all new treatments in 2005, up from 17 percent in 2001
  • According to the county Sheriff’s Office, the amount of meth seized by the department almost doubled between 2004 and 2005
  • More than half of Sheriff’s Office arrests in 2005—365 out of 649—were meth-related
  • Local law enforcement reports that meth is replacing heroin as the most commonly used drug among the county’s gang population

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