This dashboard serves to track patterns in methamphetamine use and its consequences, including availability, prevalence of use, driving under the influence, poisoning, healthcare utilization, deaths, and methamphetamine use disorder treatment in Los Angeles County. The information presented here can be used to inform data-driven planning of and to evaluate prevention and treatment services.
29%
Meth in drug seizures by law enforcement (2025)
1.1%
Past year use of meth among adults (2021-23)
0.1%
Past year use of meth among youth (2021-23)
4,869
Primary meth ED visits (2024)
883
Primary meth hospitalizations (2024)
62%
Drug deaths involving meth (2024)
1,509
Meth overdose deaths (2024)
10,457
Primary meth treatment patients (FY2425)
California’s Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI). Nonpublic Inpatient Discharge and Emergency Department data 2015-2024. California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. Medical Examiner investigation reports. Data as of May 2025.
Los Angeles County Participant Reporting System (LACPRS). Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2021-2023 Substate Estimates. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/nsduh/substate-reports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Office of Field Operations. USBP and OFO official year end reporting for FY25. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/drug-seizure-statistics
Updated 5/6/2026
This dashboard was developed by the Health Outcomes and Data Analytics (HODA) Division of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC) Bureau in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. For information regarding this story, please contact Tina Kim, PhD at tkim@ph.lacounty.gov