2. Methamphetamine
Schedule II- Stimulant
• Street names:
• Crank, Ice, Crack, crystal, glass, chalk,
speed, Tina
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3. Origin
Where?
• The practice of smoking methamphetamine
began in Hawaii and then spread to
California.
Used to be for:
• It was manufactured as a bronchial dilator,
they were quickly prescribed for a variety of
other conditions—narcolepsy, attention
deficit disorder, obesity, and fatigue.
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4. How it was derived. Development
• It came from it’s parent drug amphetamine.
How it was made:
• Paint stripper, camping fuel, carburetor
cleaner (ether), drain cleaners (sulfuric acid),
pool cleaner (muriatic acid), lye (sodium
hydroxide), rock salt, lithium batteries, lighter
fluid, matches, fireworks, road flares,
antifreeze, and cold and allergy medications.
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5. Methods of Use
It can be:
• Swallowed, snorted, injected, or
smoked. Meth powder can be
eaten or snorted. The powder can
also be mixed with liquid to be
injected into your body. Crystal
Meth is smoke in a small glass
pipe.
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6. Derivatives
Speedball…?
• Chronic users often combine
methamphetamine with
either cocaine or heroine.
7. Value
A quarter of a gram of
methamphetamine costs anywhere
from twenty to sixty dollars on the
BLACK MARKET.
Street price of $3,000 per pound (per
half kilogram)
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8. Affects the body
• Taking even small amounts of meth can result in
increased wakefulness, increased physical activity,
decreased appetite, rapid breathing and heart rate,
irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure, and
hyperthermia
High doses can elevate body temperature to dangerous,
sometimes lethal, levels as well as cause convulsions and
even cardiovascular collapse and death. Meth abuse may
also cause extreme anorexia, memory loss, and severe
dental problems.
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9. Side Effects:
• Agitation
• Chest pain
• Heart attack Dependency
• Heart stops (in extreme cases)
• Coma (in extreme cases)
• Difficulty breathing • People who get addicted to meth start
• Kidney damage and possibly kidney failure needing to take more of it to get the
• Paranoia same high. People who usually eat or
• Seizures snort meth might start to smoke or
• Severe stomach pain inject it (shoot up) to get a stronger,
• Stroke quicker high.
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11. Hitler along with of
generals used
methamphetamine
58 percent of U.S. county law-
enforcement agencies listed
methamphetamine as their number
one drug problem.
Dead bugs are used as storage
for Meth to be able to ship the
meth into the US.
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