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Methamphetamine |
Methamphetamine
(Meth, Crystal Meth)
Street
Terms:
Speed,
meth, crystal meth, chalk, ice, crystal, chalk, crank, tweak,
uppers, black beauties, glass, biker's coffee, methlies, quick,
poor man's cocaine, chicken feed, shabu, crystal meth, stove
top, trash, co-fast, yaba, yellow bam
Methamphetamine,
or meth, is a highly addictive synthetic chemical that acts as a
stimulant. It is snorted, injected, smoked, or swallowed. Most
of the methamphetamine abused in this country comes from foreign
or domestic superlabs, although it can also be made in small,
illegal laboratories, where its production endangers the people
in the labs, their neighbors, and the environment.
Creating
a sense of energy, meth can push the body faster and further
than it's safe to go. It increases the heart rate, blood
pressure, and the risk of stroke.
Crystal
Meth
Street
terms:
Crank, Cristy, Crystal, Crystal Glass, Hot Ice, Ice, L.A.
Glass, L.A. Ice, Meth
The
chemical n-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-2-amine is called methamphetamine, methylamphetamine, or desoxyephedrine. The
shortened name is simply 'meth'. When it is in its crystalline
form, the drug is called crystal
meth, ice, Tina, or glass. See the table below for other
street names of the drug. Methamphetamine is a highly addictive
stimulant.
People
take meth because of the long-lasting high that it gives.
Methamphetamine causes numerous neurotransmitters to be
released in the brain, producing a sense of euphoria that may
last as long as 12 hours, depending on how the drug was taken.
Effects of Overdose
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Brain
damage
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Sensation
of flesh crawling (formication)
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Paranoia,
hallucinations, delusions, tension headache
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Muscle
breakdown (rhabdomyolysis) which can lead to kidney damage
or failure
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Death
due to stroke, cardiac arrest or elevated body temperature
(hyperthermia)
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