Methamphetamine and the dangers of drug addiction Part 1
By Yasmin Davidds,
Methamphetamine is called officially, but is also known as speed, meth, and chalk. When told ice smoke, crystal, crank, and glass. It is a white crystalline powder, odorless, with a bitter taste that dissolves easily in water or alcohol. The truth does not matter how they call it, is the worst drug by the majority of police agencies of United States and kills hundreds of people every year.
What is methamphetamine?
It is a powerful addictive stimulant that dramatically affects the nervous system. Is a drug that takes place very easily in clandestine laboratories with inexpensive ingredients and easy to access, since it does not require a prescription. The combination of these factors has made the methamphetamine to become one of the most popular drug today and has reached levels of mass consumption and addiction.
The chemical structure of this drug is similar to that of amphetamines, but its long-term effects on the central nervous system are much more pronounced. Like amphetamines can cause extreme activity, lack of appetite and a general feeling of wellbeing. The effects of this drug can last from 6 to 8 hours. Usually after the initial excitement is a state of high agitation that in some individuals can lead to violent behavior.
There are many forms of methamphetamine. It can be smoked, inhaled, injected or taken orally. The drug alters moods in different ways depending on how it is.
Immediately after being smoked or injected drugs, the person experiences feelings of intense excitement or a "flash" that lasts only a few minutes and can be described as a highly pleasurable sensation. When inhaled or taken orally produces euphoria, a feeling strong but not necessarily intense excitement. In the case of inhalation effects of 3 to 5 minutes after being consumed, and when consumed orally effects appear within 15 to 20 minutes.
What are the immediate effects of methamphetamine use?
- More attention
- Decrease the sensations of fatigue and / or fatigue
- Increased activity
- Lack of appetite
- Euphoria and excitement
What are the long-term use of methamphetamine produced?
- Dependence and addiction. Many users report become addicted quickly, isolated from family and friends, suffer substantial economic losses, lost his job and position in community groups, to be helpless.
- Changes in mood states.
- Repetitive motor activity.
- Heart attacks and strokes.
- Can cause fainting and hallucinations.
- It affects short-term memory on a permanent basis.
- Can cause paranoia and psychosis in the short term to long term.
- It affects your view and you can forget to use protection during sex, increase the likelihood of infectarte with HIV and other diseases.
- If you are HIV positive, can affect your daily routine and forget to take your medication.
- It weakens the immune system and makes you more vulnerable opportunistic diseases.
Why is an increase in the use of this drug in young people?
The interesting thing about this drug is that its production is very basic. The ingredients can be purchased easily, among them include ephedrine (used in anti-allergy pills or anti), lithium batteries, salt, sulfuric Acedo and even coffee filters. The production is done in the so-called clandestine meth labs that have been playing throughout the Indo country. The problem is that these laboratories are small, simple and portable, making their detection a challenge for the authorities, "according to the National Intelligence Center on Drugs (DIC by its acronym in English). All these factors have made it popular and therefore highly addictive.
Why use a drug?
The first thing you must understand about addiction is that drugs are basically painkillers, are substances that stop the physical pain and / or emotional and alter the perception of the reality of the individual who consumes. Make the individual feel numb, unfeeling. A person feels the need or the attraction to drugs when you experience a deep emotional voids in your life, you may experience feelings of unhappiness or hopelessness and often physical pain.
Before we continue analyzing the causes that produce the drug is extremely important to keep these concepts clear.
1. What is addiction?
Addiction is defined as the result of the constant and excessive use of substances that create physiologically habits. A person requires constant and uncontrolled consumption of any substance to live. The addiction can be a drug, food, people, etc..
If a person is predisposed to addiction, either genetically or biochemically, it has been a controversy that has been debated for years within the scientific community. One school advocates the "disease concept", holding the notion that addiction is an inherited disease and that the individual is permanently ill from a genetic point of view, even for those experiencing long periods of sobriety.
2. The cycle of addiction
The cycle of addiction begins with a problem, discomfort or some form of physical pain and / or emotional condition that the person experiences. Find it extremely difficult to deal with this situation and resort to the use of substances to "alleviate" the problem.
Start with an individual who is good in principle. This person is faced with a problem that does not know how to solve or can not afford. This may be as "integrated" as a child or teenager, anxiety due to pressure from groups to which they relate, in the case of adult labor expectations, identity problems or divorce among others. You can also include physical discomfort caused by injury or chronic pain. The person experiencing these feelings and a real problem here begins the cycle. Feel that their situation is simply unbearable, but can not identify any solution to the problem.
All of us have felt this way at some point in our lives. The difference is that an addict decides to use drugs or alcohol to solve the problem while the addict does not resort to alternative methods, and healthy to resolve the situation.
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