Introduction Hawaii is composed of several islands and an approximately 1,400-mile sheet of islets that cover a wide geographical area in the Pacific Ocean area (Imperial Sr 10). The population in Hawaii is around 1.1 million, in which it has one of the most extensive ethnic diversity in all the states. Drugs that are illegal that can be found on the land can be seen on the islands as well. However, cocaine, meth, heroin, and marijuana are the nation's primary threats. However, Crystal meth also referred to as ice is a popular drug in Hawaii and is regarded as a significant drug threat to the people in the area both young and old. Per capita, Hawaii tends to have the highest populace of meth users in the state (Imperial Sr 23). The majority…show more content… Also, statistics tend to show that the number of people going through treatment for meth abuse has increased from 1994 all through 2001 (London 54). Honolulu recorded the highest ratio of male adults arrested who had meth deposits in their bloodstream in a survey conducted by the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program back in 2001 (London 54). Additionally, the ferocity that is linked to meth distribution is a significant issue for law enforcement and healthcare specialists in the country. Mexican illegal groups tend to transport crystal and powdered meth from the West Coast into the country and spread it out at wholesale…show more content… Fewer than one percent of Hawaiian adult respondents showed lifetime meth addiction, according to the 1996 and 1999 Center for Substance Abuse Treatment investigations (London 48). A researcher indicated that "of that one percent, abuse amid the males of ages 16 to 24 increased from 1.4 percent of respondents in 1996 to 6.1 percent in 1999." Data gathered from ADAM indicated that meth abuse amid arrested male adults was serious in Hawaii. In 2005 Honolulu had the biggest percentage of adult arrested males who were meth addicts in which approximately thirty-seven percent amongst the towns reporting to the ADAM program. Despite the importance of the meth problem identification amid the adult population. "Hawaiian youths who attend school have lower rates of lifetime meth abuse than other youths countrywide," Said prof. Christopher in a meeting in
