Crystal Meth[1]

8/8/2019 Crystal Meth[1]

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By Kaitlin, Lisa, Schea, Emily and Frauke


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` Stimulates the central nervous system

` Releases neurotransmitters, like dopamine and

nor epinephrine` Gives euphoric feeling


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` Crystal Meth` Methamphetamine

` Meth

` Ice

` Chalk` Crystal

` Speed

` Tina

` Krank` Tweak


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` Dilated pupils

` Increased fatigue

` Increased activity

` Euphoria` Insomnia

` Increased attention

` Increased respiration

` Decreased appetite

` Diarrhea/nausea


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` Irregular heartbeat

` Increased body temperature

` Jaw clenching

` Tremors` Increased libido

` Sexual climax problems


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` Psychosis/paranoia

` Hallucinations/delusions

` Obsessive compulsive behavior

` Damage to brain` Memory loss

` Aggressive/violent behavior

` Meth mouth

` Anorexia

` Mood Instability


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` Extreme tooth decay from prolonged use of crystal

meth


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` Causes damage to blood vessel, becomes more

likely to have a stroke

` Can also die of hyperthermia or cardiac failure


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` $25 per 1/4 gram

` $100 per gram

` $1700 per ounce

` one ounce of meth= 110 hits


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` punishment depends on quality, classification, and

purpose

` five years in prison and $50,000 for first offense

` three offenses- up to 25 years` meth is a schedule II drug


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` Smoked

` intranasal (snorted)

` injected intravenously

` ingested orally


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` The practice of "eating" meth by putting it on

paper or food and chewing it also has been

reported.


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` Sometimes meth is prescribed in small doses to

help with narcolepsy and A.D.D.

` Meth users are more likely to also abuse alcohol,

cocaine and marijuana, but usually not heroin.` Teens who have parents who talk to them about

drugs are half as likely to try them

` Overdoses of meth can occur at 50 milligrams of

the drug


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` Its costs about one tenth of the price to treat

someone with a meth addiction than it does to put

them in jail

` A meth lab has a strong odor that resembles nailpolish remover and cat urine

` It is a very prevalent drug in the Midwest


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` Over-the-counter cold and asthma medications

containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, red

phosphorous, hydrochloric acid, drain cleaner,

battery acid, lye, lantern fuel, and antifreeze areamong the ingredients most commonly used to

make this drug.


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` Currently at least 1.5 Million

Americans are users and addicts


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` Easy to make

` Cheap to buy

` Gives an energy boost


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` Detox

` Resident Treatment

` Education

` Behavioral Therapies

` Many types to teach the patient how to live withou

the drug

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Uses the basic 12

-Step program


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` We admitted we were powerless over drugsthat our lives had become unmanageable.

` Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

` Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understoodHim.

` Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

` Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of ourwrongs.

` Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.` Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

` Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

` Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injurethem or others.

` Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

` Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as weunderstood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry thatout.

` Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry thismessage to drug addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.


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` Full-time, inpatient or residential rehab can cost

from $400 to $1200 per day.

` Partial or outpatient rehab is less expensive.

` Insurance may cover some or all of the cost ofrehab.


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`http://www.cbc.ca/news/backgroun

d/drugs/crystalmeth.html


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`Crystal meth is one street formof the drug, methamphetamine

hydrochloride, which comes in

clear, chunky crystals, which arethen inhaled or smoked. It is alsocalled "ice," "crystal," "glass" and

"tina.


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` Crystal meth can be easy to producein small, clandestine labs, sometimesin a kitchen or bathroom, by mixing acocktail of about 15 substances,mostly pseudoephedrine (a coldremedy), red phosphorous andiodine, but also including ammonia,paint thinner, ether, Drano and thelithium from batteries.


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` Who uses crystal meth?` According to mental health workers, police and research

scientists, the people who use crystal meth include:` -Large numbers of rural and small town poor

across North America.` -Some young people in the rave and dance scene.` -Some young people who want to lose weight.

` -Gay males involved in the dance scene or whofrequent bathhouses.

` Addiction experts say crystal meth first became popularin poor areas of rural North America for a number ofreasons. It was a cheap high and, in initial stages of use,

it actually gave the energy that allowed the user to keepworking. It was also considered "cool" by young peoplewho did not have big-city connections to other streetdrugs.


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` Experts say that crystal meth is one of the mostaddictive street drugs and one of the hardest to

treat.Addiction counselors say the relapse rateof 92 per cent is worse than cocaine


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` The withdrawal symptoms, especially thedepression and physical agony, are reported byaddiction counselors to be worse than heroin orcocaine, and often addicts will drop out ofrecovery programs

` With increasing use of the drug, there are

strong indications that users suffer braindamage, including memory impairment and anincreasing inability to grasp abstract thoughts.Those who do manage to recover from addiction

and retain memory and the ability to function insociety are usually subject to some memory gapsand extreme mood swings.


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