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A 17 page overview of the many impacts of meth. This paper addresses the specific physiological impacts of the drug and describes how those impacts result in negative effects not just on the individual but on society as a whole. Bibliograpy lists 12 sources.
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Methamphetamine is one of the more commonly abused drug in contemporary society. Known by a variety of names such as crank,
speed, ice, and tina, methamphetamine is a stimulant that can be taken either orally or by smoking, snorting, injecting, or inserting it rectally. Methamphetamine affects the Central Nervous System
and has numerous adverse physiological impacts. Winslow, Voorhees and Pehl (2007) describe the drug as producing "a rapid, pleasurable rush followed by euphoria, heightened attention, and increased energy" (p.
1169). The dangers of the drug include adverse impacts to memory, aggression and violence. Users can also experience psychotic behavior and sustain cardiac and neurological damage. This
drug has both short and long effects to body physiology and psychology as well as short and long term sociological effects. Methamphetamine (meth)
is distinct among most illegal drugs because it is easily manufactured from easy-to-obtain consumer products. Methamphetamine abuse is associated with numerous adverse impacts. There are also numerous adverse
impacts associated with meth production. The circumstances surrounding the nations meth problem, however, are circuitous. The drug is in high demand because it is cheap and easily available.
It is cheap and easily available because it is so easy to manufacture. Methamphetamine is also highly addictive. The result is a situation where it is unlikely
that the illegal production of meth will be completely stamped out. As long as that illegal production continues so will the addiction problem.
Historical and Present Day Use Methamphetamine impacts both users and those associated with that
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