Background
The problem of methamphetamine addiction prompted the initiation of this research project. The intent to stimulate a broader understanding of the experience of addiction and recovery was to advance clinical, methodological, and social changes.
Drug Rehab and Addiction Services in Canada describes meth as an instant addiction, meaning that addiction can occur after only once use. The Drug Prevention Network of Canada (DPNC) reports that meth is so addictive that it has a relapse rate of 92%. The Network also states that the World Health Organization “estimates over 34,000,000 people use crystal meth daily, more than crack cocaine and heroin users combined” (see the DPNC website).
The question that is commonly asked and for which our team was concerned with was,
What does it mean to experience methamphetamine addiction?
What does it mean to recover?
Answers to these social questions were sorely desired. An in depth examination, through multiple lenses provides a way to an understanding that has eluded science and society. Our study was designed to move deeper into methodological technique while, at the same time, opening possibilities for interpretive representation of meaning.
Drug Rehab and Addiction Services in Canada describes meth as an instant addiction, meaning that addiction can occur after only once use. The Drug Prevention Network of Canada (DPNC) reports that meth is so addictive that it has a relapse rate of 92%. The Network also states that the World Health Organization “estimates over 34,000,000 people use crystal meth daily, more than crack cocaine and heroin users combined” (see the DPNC website).
The question that is commonly asked and for which our team was concerned with was,
What does it mean to experience methamphetamine addiction?
What does it mean to recover?
Answers to these social questions were sorely desired. An in depth examination, through multiple lenses provides a way to an understanding that has eluded science and society. Our study was designed to move deeper into methodological technique while, at the same time, opening possibilities for interpretive representation of meaning.