#methamphetamine

A new study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Center on Aging finds that methamphetamine poisoning is the leading cause of fatal overdoses among midlife and older adults in Hawai‘i. The research was published in the August 2024 issue of Hawaiʻi Journal of Health and Social Welfare.

The 52-year-old suspect was charged with two counts each of kidnapping, first degree terroristic threatening, first degree robbery, and one count each of methamphetamine trafficking and first degree sex assault.

Deputy Sheriffs assigned to the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu arrested a woman on Thursday, Aug. 25, for allegedly attempting to travel to Hilo with nearly two pounds of methamphetamine in her carry-on bag.

The state of Hawai‘i will receive more than $4 million in new federal funding to help respond to methamphetamine and opioid misuse. In 2016, Hawai‘i had 6.8 meth-related deaths per 100,000 residents — three times the national rate.

Ikaika Reinhardt, 38, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday for the receipt of firearms while under indictment, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

A Maui man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession of stolen firearms, according to the Justice Department officials.

Maui police recovered drugs and counterfeit money during a search on Tuesday of a Nāpili home where suspected drug activity was reported.

Benjamin Inciong, 47, of Haʻikū was arrested and charged after police searched the home and recovered crystal methamphetamine…

Lorden Cooper and Jamen Sugahara were charged and bail set at $81,000 each.

Diagnostic Laboratory Services: Year-end workforce drug tests show marijuana up and amphetamines down; but all categories showed increases in the fourth quarter

A former ʻEwa Beach resident was sentenced to 88 months in prison for possession of display fireworks, and for possession w/intent to distribute methamphetamine

The plan is designed to sustain a system-wide, coordinated and proactive response to not only opioids, but also methamphetamine and other prevalent drugs.

Tests show that crystal meth is trending down and the use of synthetic urine to mask drug use in tests is trending up.

Police on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, recovered approximately six pounds of suspected crystal methamphetamine from a package intended for the Kona side of Hawaiʻi Island.

Roman Gabriel Contreras, 44, of Ontario, Calif., was found guilty of possession with intent to distribute. Evidence presented at trial found that he flew to Līhue from LAX with three plastic containers which held almost three pounds of pure meth.

By Wendy Osher Maui Police have arrested a Pukalani man on drug charges after searching a vehicle and his home last week.  Tracy Ibara, 46, was arrested on Tuesday, October 12 when police executed a search warrant on a Ford Ranger pickup truck he was operating. Authorities confiscated 287 grams of crystal methamphetamine or ice […]

By Wendy Osher Maui police arrested three people and recovered more than 2,000 grams (4.6 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine worth an estimated street value of more than $627,000 during a drug bust in Haiku last week.  Police executed a search warrant on a Haiku home at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, October 7, 2010.  There, they arrested […]

Big Island police arrested three people during a meth bust early Monday morning.  Puna police recovered 52 grams of crystal methamphetamine or ice, approximately $1,800 in cash, and drug paraphernalia including glass pipes, a digital scale and re-sealable plastic bags, during a search of a vehicle on Pahoa Village Road.  30-year-old Joshua Kaahu of Honolulu […]

The Hawaii Meth Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing first-time methamphetamine, or “ice”, use among teens and young adults, is holding a volunteer meeting at Baldwin High School Thursday, July 22, from 6:00-7:00 p.m.  The meeting will be held in Portable 13, located near the lower parking lot by the school gym. Interested volunteers […]

A survey conducted by the Hawaii Meth Project shows significant shifts in attitudes toward meth drug use.  According to the survey, 54% of Hawaii teens and 67% of young adults now see great risk in taking meth once or twice, up 10 points for each group from a year ago.  The Hawaii Meth Project this […]