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What is Meth?

Methamphetamine is most structurally similar to many different drugs. It is made by the reduction of ephedrine. Because you can find most of the chemicals in either household products or in those products that you can buy over the counter, meth is very easy for anyone to make. Anyone can find a recipe and can develop a way to make the meth. This makes production very hard for authorities to track, and it also makes the drug even more dangerous because it is available everywhere.

Methamphetamines/ Meth Facts

• Methamphetamine is very addictive.
• Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug that activates certain systems in the brain.
• Methamphetamine is chemically related to amphetamine.
• The effects of Methamphetamine are very potent, long lasting and very harmful to the central nervous system.
• Street Methamphetamine is referred to by many names such as “speed,” “meth,” and “chalk.”
• Methamphetamine hydrochloride is a form of Meth resembling clear, chunky crystals or ice which can be inhaled by smoking and is referred to on the street as “ice,” “crystal,” “glass” and “tina.”
• Methamphetamine is usually taken orally, by needle injection, snorting or smoking.
• Meth abusers become addicted quickly.
• The most effective treatments for Meth addiction are behavioral therapies such as cognitive behavioral and contingency management interventions.
• Taking small amounts of Meth can result in increased wakefulness, increased physical activity, decreased appetite, increased respiration, rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure and hyperthermia.
• Other effects of Meth abuse may include irritability, anxiety, insomnia, confusion, tremors, convulsions, and cardiovascular collapse and death.
• Long-term effects of Meth abuse include paranoia, aggressiveness, extreme anorexia, memory loss, visual and auditory hallucinations, delusions and severe dental problems.
• According to the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 10.4 million Americans age 12 and older had tried Meth at least once in their lifetimes.
• Meth users feel a short yet intense “rush” when the drug is initially administered.
• The effects of Meth can last from 20 minutes to 12 hours.
• Methamphetamine is easily produced in makeshift laboratories or “meth labs” using a variety of ingredients available in stores.
• The manufacturing of Meth is called “cooking.”
• Meth labs can be very dangerous to the “Meth cook,” the community surrounding the lab, and the law enforcement personnel who discover the lab.
• Meth ingredients include battery acid, cold medicine, drain cleaner, acetone, rock salt, lye, antifreeze, kitty litter, lithium batteries and toluene.
• Users of Meth suffer serious physical damage—skin, teeth, hygiene, eating and sleeping are all neglected for the high that Meth temporarily brings.
• Meth users have a distinctive odor about them that is similar to cat urine.
• Meth mouth or rotten teeth is a common condition among meth users.
• Due to the toxic nature of Meth, many users may experience the sensation of bugs crawling under their skin.
• “Tweaking” is a condition brought on by using Meth in which the users don’t sleep for days, sometimes even weeks at a time.  During this period of time, users become extremely irritable and paranoid, a behavior commonly referred to by users as “tweaking.”
• Meth can cause changes in a user’s brain which result in reduced motor speed and impaired verbal learning.
• Social workers and law enforcement officers have rescued over 15,000 children from Meth labs.
• Methamphetamine use among high school seniors more than doubled between 1990 & 1996.
• Women are more likely to use Meth than cocaine.
• Every pound of Meth produced leaves behind five to six pounds of toxic waste.
• The average Meth “cook” annually teaches ten others how to make Meth.
• Methamphetamine accounts for up to 90% of all drug cases in many Midwest communities.
• Methamphetamine can produce hallucinations.

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METH RESOURCES

Meth/ Methamphetamine

Links and Additional sources of information on meth and methamphetamines.