"Nobody knows for sure just how many youths are using the drug, but a statewide survey three years ago found that roughly one in 10 high school seniors had tried meth at least once." (Methamphetamine poses an epidemic of destruction in Snohomish County, Everett Herald, February 10, 2002)

The Washington State Adolescent Health Survey in 1998 reported that 11% of high school seniors had tried meth at least one time.  

Ecstasy
A popular drug at "raves" (all-night teen parties) is Ecstasy (MDMA).  This drug is similar to the stimulant amphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline. For $25 a pill, users claim the effects can last from 4 to 8 hours. Users report being drawn to the abundance of energy and heightened sensitivity to touch. The drug has, on some occasions, led to heart and kidney failure. Teens are sometimes sold methamphetamine as Ecstasy.

"'I'm, going to sell,' she told the dealer. Who would suspect a 16 year-old girl of dealing crank or carrying $1,000 in her purse?" (Dying for a drug fix, Everett Herald, February 10, 2002)

"National studies show that 22 percent of all meth users are 18 or younger. Another 35 percent are 18 to 23. Washington ranks as the third-highest meth-producing state." (Methamphetamine poses an epidemic of destruction in Snohomish County, Everett Herald, February 10, 2002)

"Mary began using meth when she was 13, and by the time she was 14 she was using meth and heroin." (Meth busting, Inland Northwest News, August 30, 2001)