|
Amphetamine Addiction Drug
Rehab
(Amphetamine, dextroamphetamine, methamphetamine,
and their various salts are collectively referred to as amphetamines. In fact,
their chemical properties and actions are so similar that even experienced
users have difficulty knowing which drug they have taken. Methamphetamine is
the most commonly abused.)
Amphetamine Street
Terms:
- Meth
- Poor man's cocaine
- Crystal meth
- Ice
- Glass
- Speed
What Does Amphetamine Look
Like?
Typically meth is a white powder that easily dissolves in
water. Another form of meth, in clear chunky crystals, called crystal meth, or
ice. Meth can also be in the form of small, brightly colored tablets. The pills
are often called by their Thai name, yaba.
What Are
The Methods Of Usage?
Injecting Snorting Smoking Oral ingestion
Who Uses Amphetamines?
During 2000,
4% of the U.S. population reported trying methamphetamine at least once in
their lifetime. Abuse is concentrated in the western, southwestern, and
Midwestern United States.
How Do Amphetamines Get
Into The United States?
Clandestine laboratories in California
and Mexico are the primary sources of supply for methamphetamine available in
the United States. Domestic labs that produce methamphetamine are dependent on
supplies of the precursor chemical pseudoephedrine, which is sometimes diverted
from legitimate sources. It is smuggled from Canada, and to a lesser extent
from Mexico. Domestic independent laboratory operators, mostly in the western,
southwestern, and Midwestern United States, also produce and distribute
methamphetamine but on a smaller scale. Yaba (meth in tablet form) is most
often produced in Southeast Asia and sent by mail or courier to the United
States.
How Much Do Amphetamines
Cost?
Prices for methamphetamine vary throughout different
regions of the United States. At the distribution level, prices range from
$3,500 per pound in parts of California and Texas to $21,000 per pound in
southeastern and northeastern regions of the country. Retail prices range from
$400 to $3,000 per ounce.
What Are Some Consequences
of Amphetamine Use?
Effects of usage include addiction,
psychotic behavior, and brain damage . Withdrawal symptoms include depression,
anxiety, fatigue, paranoia, aggression, and intense cravings. Chronic use can
cause violent behavior, anxiety, confusion, insomnia, auditory hallucinations,
mood disturbances, delusions, and paranoia. Damage to the brain cause by meth
usage is similar to Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and epilepsy. |
Home
Copyright © National
Drug Rehab Referral Alliance, All Rights Reserved |