Yes. A methamphetamine overdose, sometimes called overamping, can be fatal. It happens when the amount of the drug in someone's body overwhelms the heart, blood vessels, or the body's ability to regulate temperature. Overdose risk rises sharply when meth is contaminated with fentanyl, which is now common.
In 2023, an estimated 34,855 overdose deaths in the U.S. involved psychostimulants, a category that includes methamphetamine. That figure dropped to 28,722 in 2024, a decline of 19.8%, part of a broader national decrease in overdose deaths from 105,007 to 79,384 over the same year, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
That decline is meaningful, and it's worth saying plainly. It also sits against a much longer rise: psychostimulant-involved deaths were 5,716 in 2015, per the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Stimulant use remains one of the leading causes of overdose death in the country.
Most stimulant-involved overdose deaths now also involve illicitly manufactured fentanyl. NIDA reports that nearly 70% of stimulant-involved overdose deaths in 2023 also involved fentanyl. People who use meth are often unaware it's present, which means an overdose can behave like an opioid overdose even when no one intended to use opioids at all.
We treat methamphetamine use on an outpatient basis. That means counseling, psychiatric care, and medical support you can access without stepping away from work, school, or family, and it means addressing any co-occurring mental health conditions alongside stimulant use rather than separately.
Care is available across Northern Colorado, the Denver metro, Southern Colorado, the Western Slope, and Northwest Colorado, in person or on a mobile medical unit. Treatment here includes individual and group counseling, contingency management, psychiatry for co-occurring conditions, and medical support through the early weeks when sleep, appetite, and mood are unsettled.
You can browse our Colorado clinic locations to find the site closest to you.
We serve communities across New Mexico, including Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Farmington, and Española. Patients here have access to the same outpatient care, with virtual visits available when getting to a clinic is difficult.
Start with our New Mexico clinic locations, or ask us which site fits your schedule.
Starting care for meth use takes one phone call or one online form. No waitlist, no referral needed.
Porch Light Health is built for low-barrier access, not private pay. We accept Medicaid and Medicare, and work with major commercial insurers including Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Humana, and Kaiser Permanente.
Coverage depends on your plan and eligibility, so call us today and a care coordinator will review your benefits with you.
If you're uninsured, our sliding-fee program sets what you pay based on income and household size. It isn't free care, but it's designed so cost isn't the reason someone goes without treatment.
