I was totally unaware about this one until
I saw something on TV about it.
Anyway here shall be some information and links concerning the dangers
of using the drug crystal methamphetamine.
I also saw they said it had a high addiction rate of 90%.
Isn't is always a wonder, especially as a Christian when you delve
deeper into these things how we can see the enemy easily behind it all.
In saying that I mean Jesus came to bring life, and free us, Amen. But
anything bad and life distroying is always from the enemy.
The enemies tricks never change, like God he is the same yesterday,
today and forever. Just the setting that changes, the world moves on.
So it seems has drugs, forget cocaine and heroine, though I'm sure more
than widely used still, we now have this thing called crystal
methamphetamine.
As usual the promise like anything sexual is one of enjoyment,
pleasure, excitement, so on.
The only true safe mind blowing drug if you must do it is of course
God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit, now that is awesome and of course does
not do you any harm. Where as these kinds of drugs do, they ruin lives
and sometimes cost lives.
Well my preaching over (laughs) it's down to business and the hard
truth facts about the misery caused by such drugs.
Just in case you came here having typed in, 'How to make crystal
meths,' 'Ice,' Etc. You'd be well advised staying clear and getting
your life sorted out. Is it really that bad that the enemy has conned
you into thinking that the only way out mentally is a slow death.
Come, come, I know of a much better way, but I'll leave that up to you
to decide and research upon, see the left hand side column and the full
index menu page for more on that.
God bless you truly, Webmaster.
My
brother Jim got hooked on crystal when he was 22 years old. He was
trying to impress his girlfriend, show her what a man he was, and he
was never the same after that first hit. He couldn’t keep a job, lost
his apartment and moved back in with our mother.
One
day a guy died at a party he was at, and he thought he would be framed
for the murder of this guy because his handprint was on a flask in the
guy’s lab. He thought they were going to throw him in jail and the
other inmates would rape him every day for the rest of his life. He
wanted to run away to Mexico. Mom brought him to my house instead.
He
lived with me for over a year. He was diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic
and they put him on medications. He wouldn’t go to drug rehab; he
thought he didn’t need it. Over the next few months he got a little
better. He got less paranoid and anxious, started eating better and
sleeping better. We let him get a job at a nearby factory.
His
first day on his new job he met a dealer. He started using again and
getting crazy again. He heard Satan speaking through my 2 year old. He
got in trouble with the law and the night before his court date, he
skipped town and went back to my mother’s house.
He
made a suicide attempt and they put him in the hospital, but they would
only keep him for the 72-hour emergency commitment. After that he had
to sign the papers to stay. He wouldn’t sign those papers! The drug
dealers were in the hospital. They could read his mind. They were going
to kill him.
3
weeks after he got out of the hospital he found a gun at my uncles
house and he blew his brains out on the 4th of July 2000. He was 24
years old.
After
he died, I started looking into it as a physician, as a scientist. What
is this drug that destroyed his life in just 2 years? What I found out
appalls me. Science knows how methamphetamine works. We know what it
does to the chemistry in the brain.
I have
been teaching this material now for many years, mostly in jail and
probation settings, to people with a 6th grade education. Look around
on this site and let me teach you what I teach them. You will be
appalled.
http://www.mamasite.net/catalog/index.php
Known
as "speed, "meth," or "ice," crystal
methamphetamine is a highly addictive, cheap alternative to cocaine and
heroin. Nearly six in 10 U.S. counties report methamphetamine use is
their number 1 drug problem, according to a National Association of
Counties survey of 500 counties in 45 states.
While Smith was
held captive in her own apartment by the man accused of killing four
people in a shooting rampage, the Atlanta-resident was asked if she had
marijuana. She didn’t, but offered him the crystal meth she did have.
When Nichols asked her to use the drug with him, she refused. What she
did instead was read to him from The Purpose Driven Life, which
changed Nichols and allowed him let her go. She subsequently phoned the
police, who picked him up.
“I
really didn’t think God was going to give me another chance,” she said
during the interview with Purpose Driven Ministries. “So what I did at
that time was surrender completely to him and say, ‘God, You probably
are going to take me home tonight, and before you take me home, I need
to get right with you.' In doing that, God did give me another chance.”
Being honest in her book about her struggles was embarrassing but worth
it, according to Smith.
“I’ll tell everybody my story if it will bring people out of their
misery,” she said. “I’ll be embarrassed for everybody.”
Since her confession, readers of her book have sent in letters about
their own struggles.
Smith
hopes to be strong enough one day to minister face-to-face to those
with drug addictions. For now, she’s letting her book speak for her.
And
to the many people who say she’s likely to fall back into drug
addiction, she said, “I’m a human being and I pray every day that
doesn’t happen. I depend on the people around me and Jesus Christ for
that.”
Smith also thinks she knows why God chose to save her life.
“I
honestly believe God saw that I wasn’t going to take the glory for
myself,” she said, “but I was going to just proclaim His name and let
everybody know the truth about how He saved me by His grace.”
According to Smith, sharing the message of God’s grace is what drives
her now.
“I’m addicted to Jesus now.”
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Crystal
meth FAQs
What is amphetamine?
Amphetamine (scientific name a-methylphenthylamine) is a synthetic drug
that stimulates the heart and respiration, constricts blood vessels and
induces sleeplessness. It was originally marketed as Benzedrine in
North America in the 1920s and in the U.K. in the mid-'30s for
suppressing appetite or preventing narcolepsy.
Amphetamines were available over the counter and quickly became a
favorite street drug known as "pep pills" or "Bennies."
The United States air force used it during the Second World War
to keep pilots awake on long missions. There were reports that it was
one of the drugs used in "brainwashing" by the Communists in the 1950s,
and it was also used as a performance-enhancing drug by athletes.
In most countries, amphetamine was severely restricted
beginning in the 1950s and is available by prescription, in restricted
amounts, for narcolepsy and to control weight.
A number of chemical cousins in the amphetamine group are used in low
doses for the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder.
How does amphetamine work?
Amphetamine increases the amount of dopamine in
the brain. In very low
doses, used for ADD, the amphetamine family stimulates the brain but
actually slows down the patient, increasing attention spans and
decreasing impulsivity. Slightly higher doses can cause decreased
hunger and bring on weight loss.
Negative effects include disturbed sleep patterns and loss of
REM dreaming sleep, hyperactivity, nausea, delusions of power,
increased aggressiveness and irritability. Long-term negative effects,
in high doses, can include heart, liver, kidney and lung damage.
What
is methamphetamine?
Methamphetamine is a chemical variation, one that has a much
stronger effect on the central nervous system than the original drug.
Methamphetamine, in low doses, can be used to treat ADD, narcolepsy
and, for short periods of time, obesity.
In higher doses, it is more addictive than the original drug and has a
greater "rush" for the recreational or addicted user, followed by
increased agitation and possibly violence in some individuals.
How
does methamphetamine work?
According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, methamphetamine
releases much higher levels of dopamine than the original drug.
It became a common street drug known as "speed" in the 1960s, usually
taken in pill form, but lost popularity after a number of incidents
that spread the warning that "speed kills."
"Meth" was not a drug of choice through much of the 1970s and 1980s. In
the late 1980s, a smokable, crystal form was created, perhaps in Asia,
and then surfaced in California in the 1990s. It has increased in
popularity among drug users in the past decade-and-a-half.
The low-dose prescription form is known as Dexedrine or Desoxynl and is
generally used to treat ADD. It is not recommended for patients with
high blood pressure or with a previous history of addiction or
alcoholism.
After it is taken in oral form, methamphetamine stimulates
brain cells, which in turn initially enhances mood. The user
experiences increased wakefulness and physical activity, and decreased
appetite. For some patients, even low doses can be addictive.
With street-level and higher doses of methamphetamine,
especially if it is smoked or injected, the user immediately
experiences an intense "rush" (also called a "flash") that causes
intense pleasure but only lasts a few minutes. Users can become
addicted and dependent quickly, needing more and higher doses as the
addiction progresses.
In street and high doses, methamphetamine causes irritability,
insomnia, confusion, hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and increased
aggression. In even higher doses, hypothermia and convulsions can cause
death.
When the body is stimulated by methamphetamine, the drug can
cause irreversible damage. The increased heart rate and blood pressure
damage blood vessels in the brain, which can cause strokes, or
irregular heart beat, which can cause cardiovascular collapse and
death. By vastly increasing the release of dopamine, methamphetamine
appears to damage brain cells, eventually actually reducing the amount
of dopamine available to the brain, causing symptoms similar to
Parkinson's disease and severe depression, or both.
What
is crystal meth?
Crystal meth is one street form of the drug, methamphetamine
hydrochloride, which comes in clear, chunky crystals, which are then
inhaled or smoked. It is also called "ice," "crystal," "glass" and
"tina."
Crystal meth can be easy to produce in small, clandestine
labs, sometimes in a kitchen or bathroom, by mixing a cocktail of about
15 substances, mostly pseudoephedrine (a cold remedy), red phosphorous
and iodine, but also including ammonia, paint thinner, ether, Drano and
the lithium from batteries.
Police say an investment of about $150 can yield up to $10,000 worth of
the drug.
But the resulting drug is often impure and the manufacturing process
can be dangerous and cause fires.
Crystal meth has become the most widespread and popular form of the
drug, largely because it is so easy to make that anyone can set up a
lab (instructions are widespread on the World Wide Web), but also
because motorcycle gangs, which are becoming dominant in organized drug
trafficking, usually sell the drug.
What
is crank?
"Crank" is a smelly, yellow form of "meth" that is usually snorted.
Crank is usually the cheapest form of the drug.
What
is lith?
"Lith" is short for the lithium taken from batteries in the
manufacturing process. Lith comes in a paste form that is usually
smoked. It is more expensive than crank but cheaper than the crystal
form.
Who
uses crystal meth?
According to mental health workers, police and research scientists, the
people who use crystal meth include:
- Large numbers of rural
and small town poor across North America.
- Some young people in the
rave and dance scene.
- Some young people who
want to lose weight.
- Gay males involved in the
dance scene or who frequent bathhouses.
Addiction experts say crystal
meth first became popular in
poor areas of rural North America for a number of reasons. It was a
cheap high and, in initial stages of use, it actually gave the energy
that allowed the user to keep working. It was also considered "cool" by
young people who did not have big-city connections to other street
drugs.
A recent Statistics Canada survey of teenagers showed that among those
who answered questions about drug use:
- 34 per cent had tried
marijuana.
- 4 per cent had used
ecstasy.
- 3 per cent had used crack
cocaine.
- 2 per cent had used
crystal meth.
- 1 per cent had used
heroin.
What
is a tweaker?
A "tweaker" is a term for a crystal meth user that came out of
the U.S. rural Midwest and has become increasingly common as the media
and the entertainment industry picked up the term.
Is
there a connection between crystal meth and ecstasy?
Police say that in some areas, crystal meth is replacing
ecstasy as the drug used by teenagers and young adults in the rave and
dance scene.
In many areas, crystal meth is cheaper, at $10 for a "point"
or about one-tenth of a gram. An ecstasy hit, or tablet, can cost twice
as much, about $20.
The RCMP say that some of the drugs seized at parties or dances that
were sold as ecstasy were, in fact, crystal meth. As well, the police
say that some dealers give out "free samples" at parties or in the
dance scene, in hopes of hooking new customers.
On the other hand, police and addiction counsellors say that some
"street-wise" kids are on to that and try to avoid crystal meth either
directly or disguised as ecstasy.
Can
an addict recover?
Experts say that crystal meth is one of the most addictive
street drugs and one of the hardest to treat. Addiction counsellors say
the relapse rate of 92 per cent is worse than cocaine.
The withdrawal symptoms, especially the depression and physical agony,
are reported by addiction counsellors to be worse than heroin or
cocaine, and often addicts will drop out of recovery programs.
This situation is worse in the United States than in Canada because
patients in the U.S. usually have inadequate health insurance or none
at all. Those American patients in managed care programs are often cut
off before treatment is complete. In Canada, however, provincial health
insurance and government recovery programs can help the addict recover.
With increasing use of the drug, there are strong indications
that users suffer brain damage, including memory impairment and an
increasing inability to grasp abstract thoughts. Those who do manage to
recover from addiction and retain memory and the ability to function in
society are usually subject to some memory gaps and extreme mood
swings.
What are the risks?
Crystal
methamphetamine use is associated with numerous serious physical
problems. The drug can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood
pressure, and damage to the small blood vessels in the brain--which can
lead to stroke. Chronic use of the drug can result in inflammation of
the heart lining. Overdoses can cause hyperthermia (elevated body
temperature), convulsions, and death.
Individuals
who use crystal methamphetamine also may have episodes of violent
behavior, paranoia, anxiety, confusion, and insomnia. The drug can
produce psychotic symptoms that persist for months or years after an
individual has stopped using the drug.
Crystal
methamphetamine users who inject the drug expose themselves to
additional risks, including contracting HIV (human immunodeficiency
virus), hepatitis B and C, and other blood-borne viruses. Chronic users
who inject methamphetamine also risk scarred or collapsed veins,
infections of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, pneumonia,
tuberculosis, and liver or kidney disease.
The most common names for
crystal methamphetamine are ice and glass. (Please see the Street Terms
text box below for additional names.)
Street Terms for Crystal
Methamphetamine
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Batu
Blade
Cristy
Crystal glass
Hanyak
Hiropon
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Hot ice
Kaksonjae
L.A. glass
L.A. ice
Quartz
Shabu
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Shards
Stove top
Super ice
Tina
Ventana
Vidrio
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