04.24.09
Meth Facts for Teens
Methamphetamine affects your brain in many ways. In the short term, meth causes emotional changes such as anxiety, euphoria, and depression. Long-term effects include chronic fatigue, paranoid or delusional thinking, and permanent psychological damage.
Methamphetamine affects your body by creating a false sense of energy. The drug pushes the body faster and further than it’s meant to go and increases heart rate, blood pressure, and risk of stroke.
Methamphetamine affects your self-control. Meth is a powerfully addictive drug that can cause aggression and violent or psychotic behavior. An overdose of meth can result in heart failure. Long-term physical effects such as liver, kidney, and lung damage can also kill you.
Methamphetamine is illegal in all states and highly dangerous; get the facts. For example, the toxic nature of the chemicals used to produce meth can cause fires, produce toxic vapors, and damage the environment. Another fact is that in 2001, meth use sent more people to the emergency room than use of any other club drug. Over half of these cases involved meth in combination with another drug, such as alcohol, heroin, or cocaine.
There are a lot of risks associated with using methamphetamine, including irreversible damage to blood vessels in the brain and the risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS for Meth users who inject the drug and share needles.
How can you tell if a friend is using meth? It may not be easy to tell. But there are signs you can look for. Symptoms of methamphetamine use may include:
Inability to sleep
Nervous physical activity, like scratching
Irritability, dizziness, or confusion
Tremors or even convulsions
Inhaling paraphernalia, such as razor blades, mirrors, and straws
Injecting paraphernalia, such as syringes, heated spoons, or surgical tubing
Other street names for methamphetamine, include: Crystal, Crank, Tweak, Go-fast, Glass, Black Beauties
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H. Benis said,
May 2, 2009 at 11:26 am
Teen drug abuse is SO serious! If we can control it at the teen level, we will have less adult drug addicts. It seems so obvious, yet I see a decline in programs that focus on teen meth use. thans for thenablog… I really like it and think that you are performing a great duty in spotlighting this information
ana said,
May 17, 2009 at 8:35 pm
meth abuse is so serious and causes families to fall apart relationships to end and even worse to lose yourself in a world of paranoia and distress…it sucks to see heaps of people daht are on meth…im not a user my self but i know a couple of people that are close to me that use it…
Jay Rau said,
August 26, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Other signs would be psychosis, paranoia, seeing shadows move, you actually believe that people are after you and following you. Staying up all night and day, starting many projects and finishing few of them. I used to trim trees and work on cars at 3:00am and think that it was perfectly normal!