What is methamphetamine?
Essential, this chemical structure is almost identical to the chemical structure of dopamine. It acts as a dopamine neurotransmitter in the user's brain, in turn giving him/her an extreme amount of dopamine and they become "high".
Ingredients
- Sodium hydroxide: It can be used as a carcass decomposer.
- Anhydrous ammonia: Generally found inside fertilizers.
- Iodine: 4 bottles of iodine make 2-3 grams of meth, large quantities of iodine are extremely toxic.
- Red phosphorous: Found in matches. Four boxes of matches make 2-3 grams of meth.
- Ephedrine: A cold medicine
- Ether: A highly flammable substance used for anesthesia due to its hypnotic qualities.
- Drano: A cleaning product HIGHLY toxic for the human body.
- Brake fluid: Highly flammable and has the ability to peal paint off cars due to chemicals.
- Butane ( Lighter fluid): Used in the cooking process of the drug.
- Hydrochloric acid: Used to remove rust.
- Anhydrous ammonia: Generally found inside fertilizers.
- Iodine: 4 bottles of iodine make 2-3 grams of meth, large quantities of iodine are extremely toxic.
- Red phosphorous: Found in matches. Four boxes of matches make 2-3 grams of meth.
- Ephedrine: A cold medicine
- Ether: A highly flammable substance used for anesthesia due to its hypnotic qualities.
- Drano: A cleaning product HIGHLY toxic for the human body.
- Brake fluid: Highly flammable and has the ability to peal paint off cars due to chemicals.
- Butane ( Lighter fluid): Used in the cooking process of the drug.
- Hydrochloric acid: Used to remove rust.
Methods of administration
-The most efficient way to intake this drug is smoking it through a glass pipe. Inhalation through the pipe minimizes any of the powdered meth to be lost, and the heat speeds up the chemical reactions occurring in the user's brain.
- The most common method is snorting. The user must cut the substance repetitively so it becomes powdery, and then it is snuffed through the nose.
- It can also be injected straight into the blood stream using a needle. This is the most dangerous form of administration even though inhalation has a higher concentration of drug in the brain. It is riskier because the veins can actually shrink and the skin becomes blistered or bumpy.
- The most common method is snorting. The user must cut the substance repetitively so it becomes powdery, and then it is snuffed through the nose.
- It can also be injected straight into the blood stream using a needle. This is the most dangerous form of administration even though inhalation has a higher concentration of drug in the brain. It is riskier because the veins can actually shrink and the skin becomes blistered or bumpy.
Effects
Meth has both physical and psychological effects on users.
Physical: - Because veins are damaged and blood flow is constricted, users lose the ability to repair their own bodies. This results in acne, sores, blisters and skin paleness.
- extreme weight loss
- " meth mouth" ( loss of teeth, blackened teeth, bad breath)
- body odour
Psychological:
- Binging ( alert, excited, confident, restless)
- Tweaking ( panicked, irritable, anxious)
- paranoia
- Hallucinations
- Violence
- psychocis
- delusions
- suicidal thoughts or actions
* addiction becomes so intense that users who cannot get more meth will pop their blisters and drink the liquid it contains in order to feel high again*
Physical: - Because veins are damaged and blood flow is constricted, users lose the ability to repair their own bodies. This results in acne, sores, blisters and skin paleness.
- extreme weight loss
- " meth mouth" ( loss of teeth, blackened teeth, bad breath)
- body odour
Psychological:
- Binging ( alert, excited, confident, restless)
- Tweaking ( panicked, irritable, anxious)
- paranoia
- Hallucinations
- Violence
- psychocis
- delusions
- suicidal thoughts or actions
* addiction becomes so intense that users who cannot get more meth will pop their blisters and drink the liquid it contains in order to feel high again*