Today we are going to talk about a drug called meth. Methamphetamine is a strong central nervous system stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug. When taken, meth creates a sensory faculty of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his or her body further than it is meant to go. Methamphetamines is a schedule II drug on the DEA list, is only available by prescription and used to treat conditions such as narcolepsy, ADHD, and obesity. Most methamphetamines are created in surreptitious laboratories across the world and sold on the streets of america.
Meth can cause significant changes to the brain. Some are immediate and most happen over a period time. The stimulant can permanently rob your brain of pleasure.“In a
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Such as a high heart rate, raised blood pressure, and damaged blood vessels in the brain that can cause strokes. Frequent use often put a strain on the heart which causes an irregular heartbeat such as heart palpitations that can cause cardiovascular collapse and or death. Long term meth use causes liver, kidney and lung damage along side the heart and brain damage. An arrhythmia, which is a condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm is also common with meth use. Symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, and loss of consciousness. When the heart pumps the blood through the body each beat is a very rapid series of two contractions but with an arrhythmia the heartbeat can be fluttering or too fast, which can result in organ failure due to diminished flow of blood and oxygen supply to the tissues. Continuing to use meth after the initial heart problems can lead to sharp chest pains and heavy pressure on the enlarged heart. These are the first signs of a heart attack. Meth use creates a chemical reaction between sugar and amphetamines that changes enzymes and amino acids and creates inflammation and immunoglobulins known as antibody responses. This explains why meth users become tolerant of the drug and need more and more of the drug to achieve the desired high. The antibody response can expel methamphetamine from the red blood cells to quickly. This which means that a higher dose of the meth is needed. When you have high blood pressure, inflammation causes cholesterol to stick to the walls of your blood vessels, forming a plaque on the walls of the arteries. This clogs the arteries, capillaries, and blood vessels which leads to inflammation and vessel constriction, which can gravely harm the circulatory system. Unexpected cardiac arrest frequently take place in young meth addicts with no preceding health problems. Most users die from chasing the high
Methamphetamines (Meth) cause a wide array of problems with its users, a lot of which are permanent. Meth’s affects range from neurological issues, alertness, paranoia, and aggression. It also leads to psychological and physical disorders. Because Meth is a stimulant, it can cause the user to be up for days and even weeks at a time causing stress to the body and can result in over exerting oneself and inevitably something will give. Personal problems from users will be talked about, as well as scientific studies on the Meth epidemic.
Methamphetamine is a solid focal sensory system stimulant that is for the most part utilized as a recreational medication. Methamphetamine hydrochloride is endorsed by the United States Food and Drug Administration under the exchange name Desoxyn for consideration shortfall hyperactivity issue and heftiness in grown-ups and youngsters, and is at times recommended off name for narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia. It is once in a while endorsed because of concerns including human neurotoxicity and its high potential for recreational use, among different concerns, and the accessibility of more secure substitute medications with practically identical treatment viability.
Methadone is a strong drug that can overtake your body and start to deteriorate your body slowly but surely. Methadone can change the effects of your body physically, mentally, and emotionally. Methadone also changes your physical appearance to your skin and begin to either stretch or change your features.
Meth, also known as methamphetamine, is a man made drug with some nasty effects that change your body physically and chemically. Physical change is the change in shape, size, and color, it affects the structure of the substances, not the substance itself. A chemical change is changing the substance, this creates new substances and is irreversible. Chopping wood is a physical change as it’s still wood, just in a different shape, burning it on the other hand is chemical change, you can’t un-burn wood, this also creates new substances like ash and carbon. The article “The Horrors of Meth Use” talks about the effects meth has on your body, it shows and tells you what happens when someone is on meth. Meth affects you physically and chemically, again, these things are not the same, there are differences between the two, these changed may seem like they’re chemical but may be physical and vice versa.
Today, methamphetamines are abused throughout the US. It has spread like wildfire, starting on the West Coast. Today, meth does not discriminate and will affect every race, culture, age, and socio economic level. Meth users range from the most prestigious political figures, all star athletes, famous celebrities, re-known musicians, honest business men/women, respectable housewives/husbands, honor students, to your street drug dealers and junkies. Many truck drivers and bikers are notorious for abusing meth.
Crystal meth is the hard,crystalline form of methamphetamine,a central nervous system stimulant with powerful effects. This form of meth can be crushed and snorted,dissolved and injected,or in most common method use heated and smoked the high comes on very quickly and this is what is addicting about the drug and for Oklahomans with low income, this drug is often most efficient to
“Along with the selling of the drug, methamphetamine labs can breed crime, including burglaries, theft and even murder (Community Impact from Methamphetamine, 2015)”. A person high on methamphetamine could potentially end up hurting themselves or some else. People have been killed for not owing up to a drug payment or coming though on a transaction (Community Impact from Methamphetamine, 2015). It is very dangerous to have this type of person living in a community. It endangers everyone and the outcome of the situation is
Long-term consequences of meth abuse include increased heart rate, permanent damage to blood vessels of heart/brain, malnutrition, xerostomia (meth mouth), disorientation, lack of enthusiasm, confused exhaustion, psychosis, anxiety, paranoia, depression, epilepsy, stroke, liver/kidney/brain and lung damage, convulsions, heart attack, stroke and even death can occur due to the stimulant effects of meth because it causes the heart to race and the blood vessels to constrict. The side effects involved with taking a large amount of meth are agitation, chest pain, heart attack, heart stops, coma, difficulty breathing, kidney damage, possible kidney failure, paranoia, seizures, severe stomach pain, stroke, uncontrolled vocal outbursts, tics, trembling or shaking of the hands/feet, change in taste buds, unusual or unpleasant taste, insomnia, headache, dizziness, faintness, swelling of the feet or lower legs, and unusual tiredness or
The Article discusses how the meth rampage in America, has essentially destroyed people, and their communites. This drug started on the west coast but eventually spread to the east. Meth is easily, and cheaply made. Yet has permanent effects, and destroys lives, and town. The toxic ingredients in meth lead to server tooth decay known as meth mouth. The teeth become black, stained, and rotting. The teeth and gums are destroyed form the inside, and the roots rot away. It also causes open sores, weight loss, and will make you look twenty years older than you really are. One puff will keep you up for 24 hours. Methamphetamine is a manmade chemicals, battery acid, drain cleaners, and anti-freeze., as well as amphetamines, which is from cold medicine.
Methamphetamine is very additive, it’s a stimulant drug, and what stimulants do is induce alertness, elevated mood, wakefulness, increased speech and motor activity and decrease appetite. Methamphetamine is modified from its original version, people who make methamphetamine take common pills for colds, and they use those pills for the basis for the production. How the drug is made is they “cook” the extracts ingredients, and to increase the strength of the drug they add battery acid, drain cleaner, lantern fuel and antifreeze. The people that make it usually do methamphetamine themselves, and it’s a very dangers job they usually are high when they are “cooking” so the burn and disfigured, they also could be killed in an explosion, because methamphetamine is very volatile. Even more it’s dangerous after its made, because one pound of methamphetamine makes five pounds of waste, and if your breath, touch, or even near it your risking your life, because it can get you very sick, you also have to have a separate container for the toxic chemicals for it can contaminate your
“I want to be addicted to meth!” Have you ever heard anyone say this? While millions of people use methamphetamines, it would be difficult to find a person that had the desire to become addicted to it. Despite a radical increase in the number of people using this drug and the terrible consequences of doing so, it has recently propelled in popularity. Meth addiction is so common because the use of the drug is prevalent in many areas and because there is little knowledge about the risks involved. Few people comprehend the long-term effects of meth on the brain and the body. Methamphetamine is an extremely powerful drug and is so dangerous because it only takes one time to become seriously
Methamphetamine is a synthetic drug that stimulates the central nervous system. It is often referred to as the poor man’s cocaine. Meth is called by several different names like crank, ice, and crystal. It can be smoked, snorted, sniffed, injected or swallowed. Meth is a powerful stimulant, and quickly it takes over your life, and any interests you once had are gone.
There is no pharmacological treatment for this addiction hence treating a patient with these symptoms provide hindrances in basic treatments (Merali 1). Unlike other street drugs, there is no dedicated treatment for meth addiction. For example, with heroin, substitution therapy is used to lessen the addict's dependence on the drug. Patients can use methadone or suboxone as an effective way to not only lessen the symptoms of prolonged drug use but also attempt to dissolve the addictive nature of heroin (Merali 1). Other than treating the psychosis, the fact there is no treatment for the drug is an extremely harrowing thought.
The abuse of methamphetamine is a very serious problem in the United States. According to one national survey, approximately 10 million people in the United States have tried methamphetamine at least once (Meth Abuse and Addiction, 2010). Methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. Although most of the methamphetamine used in this country comes from foreign or domestic super labs, the drug is also easily made in small clandestine laboratories, with inexpensive over the counter ingredients. Methamphetamine is commonly known as “speed,” “meth,” and “chalk.” In its smoked form it is often referred to as “ice,” “crystal,” “crank,” and “glass.” It is a
Stimulants can cause irregular heartbeats and cardiac arrest and diuretics can cause dehydration leading to sudden death.