1933 M. Marshall Tramp-Royal on Toby 367/1 Meth, methylated spirit.

1947 H. Walsh Fourth Point of Star xx. 102 I am going to..rub my feet with meth., then get into bed with a hotty.

1961 Times 15 Aug. 11/3 The surly greetings of the meth-drinkers.

1966 J. Bingham Double Agent x. 149 It sounds like a meth-drinkers' camp.

1966 Washington Post 21 Aug. e5/1 ‘The meth scene is different,’ a..psychologist agreed... Meth freaks have been known to shoot some kind of phosphorescent stuff with the meth.

1967 Sat. Evening Post 23 Sept. 27 He was on a Meth trip for three years..before he found acid.

1968 Guardian 21 Nov. 20/3 The pushers passing out bombers, meths, dexes, and blues.

1972 M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha i. 38 She snorted Methedrine... The Feeler offered me a snort of Meth, but I never use Speed.

1984 M. A. Jarman Dancing nightly in Tavern 98 All real pleasure demands decibels: crystal meth out at Skelly's truckstop, V-8's, carnal screamers.

1992 Harper's Mag. Nov. 63/1 Teenagers..told me that LSD and crystal meth are the narcotics of choice.

1966 Washington Post 21 Aug. e1/5 ‘Ugh! Meth (methedrine) freaks!’ said a girl... ‘Meth freaks will play the embolism game.’

1978 A. Ginsberg Poems all over Place 18 With Hubert in beret & tweed beard absolutely sober on Meth-freak newspaper splatter rorschak universe.

1999 Denver Post 20 June b2 When I moved to Colorado nine years ago, the odds on living to 100 increased dramatically. The pace of residents here made the Tibetans seem like meth freaks.

1966 Washington Post 21 Aug. e5/1 That's the meth heads' scene.

1971 B. Dylan Tarantula 134 A meth-head but he's all beautiful.

1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) v. 74 She's a meth head and an ex-con.

1994 Reader's Digest Feb. 88 Let me guess. Another meth head.