What is Meth

Methamphetamine, also known as meth, speed, crank, and crystal meth, is a central nervous system stimulant of the amphetamine family. It is a powerful upper that produces many "super" feelings along with a variety of adverse reactions. How can something that makes you feel so good, ruin people from all walks of life?The truth is, meth makes you feel good. That's what it's chemically designed to do.

It's also chemically designed to damage, enslave, and overpower men, women, and children. Meth can and does kill. Meth kills homes, schools, families, relationships, hopes, dreams, and lives. But most importantly, it can kill you. Meth is pouring in from Mexico to the Central Valley, and Sacramento has been hit hard with the influx of of this drug. The truth is - Meth Kills.

How Meth Is Made

There are a couple ways of making meth and many ingredients are used. Most of the ingredients for making meth can be found in our homes. And handling these toxic ingredients, as well as mixing them, is very hazardous to our health as well as it is very hazardous the environment.

Meth is made from a very easy recipe and can be cooked and ready in 6 to 8 hours in a mobile meth lab where the cookware can be relocated to avoid detection of any fumes or vapors that are associated with the making of meth. It costs about $140 to make one ounce of meth and can be sold for as much as $1200.

How Meth is Used

There are many ways that meth can be used. It can be swallowed by putting it in empty gelatin capsules, mix it into water, or add it to coffee. Meth can be chopped into a fine powder and snorted into the nose with a straw. Smoked in a glass pipe, light bulb, or on aluminum foil. Injected into a vain with a hypodermic needle, which increases the chance of addiction, as the effects are faster and more intense. Mixed with water and inserted anally using a syringe without the needle, commonly know in the gay community as getting booty bumped.

How does meth affect users

In all forms, meth stimulates the central nervous system, with effects lasting anywhere from four to 24 hours. Meth use can not only modify behavior in an acute state, but after taking it for a long time, the drug literally changes the brain in fundamental and long-lasting ways. It kills by causing heart failure (myocardial infarction), brain damage, and stroke and it induces extreme, acute psychiatric and psychological symptoms that may lead to suicide or murder.

Some users often get the sensation that bugs are underneath their skin crawling around, which makes them pick and scratch.

Addicted To Meth

Meth addiction in the US has grown quite significantly in the last few years. Various states have become affected by the sudden emergence Meth which has almost taken the world of addiction by storm. Treatment centers are already working overtime preparing more efficient methods to help their Meth addicted patients come out of their conditions.

Meth made a re-appearance about ten years ago and now it has spread to almost all areas of the US. Substance abuse resources report that the addiction is soon poised to take over from other forms of street addiction such as heroin and cocaine.

Teens and Meth

Why would teens be interested in trying meth? Maturing teens need to develop healthy ways of taking risks, especially when faced with new situations. But if they don't have a good understanding of boundaries, they may think it is okay to experiment with drugs such as meth, not fully realizing the potentially hazardous effects.