Arkansas leads the nation in the number of people testing positive for meth, according to a study by Millennium Health.
Methamphetamine positivity rates in the state totaled 28.7% last year, far ahead of Iowa which ranked second in the nation with 20.8%
Our northern neighbor also ranked within the top 10 states for meth. Missouri came in 9th place with 10.5% testing positive for the drug.
Nationally, Millennium Health reported meth-positive rates increased by 129.6% since 2015.
The researchers said the explosion of meth use across much of the country explains in part the 5-fold increase in deaths due to the drug since 2010.
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| Cocaine | Meth | Heroin | Fentanyl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland (14.6%) | Arkansas (28.7%) | Washington (6.3%) | Kentucky (16.2%) |
| 2 | Maine (13.8%) | Iowa (20.8%) | New Mexico (6.0%) | Ohio (13.6%) |
| 3 | Ohio (12.2%) | Washington (20.7%) | Alaska (4.9%) | Maryland (13.0%) |
| 4 | Virginia (10.7%) | Kentucky (20.3%) | Kentucky (4.0%) | Maine (10.1%) |
| 5 | North Carolina (10.0%) | Minnesota (16.5%) | Utah (3.2%) | New Hampshire (9.6%) |
| 6 | Louisiana (7.3%) | New Mexico (15.5%) | Virginia (3.1%) | Illinois (8.6%) |
| 7 | Kentucky (7.1%) | Alaska (13.5%) | Nevada (3.0%) | Virginia (8.3%) |
| 8 | Illinois (6.2%) | Montana (12.3%) | Ohio (2.7%) | Arizona (4.1%) |
| 9 | Wisconsin (5.3%) | Missouri (10.5%) | Oregon (2.6%) | New Mexico (3.4%) |
| 10 | New Mexico (5.3%) | Idaho (9.8%) | California (2.5%) | Louisiana (3.3%) |
