| Amp Up With Meth: Experience Psychotic | | | | trying to abstain from use may suffer |
| Behavior, Paranoia, Aggression, Delusions, | | | | withdrawal symptoms that include depression, |
| Stroke, Weight Loss, Brain Damage & Death | | | | anxiety, fatigue, paranoia, aggression, and |
| | | | intense cravings for the drug. |
| Methamphetamine can be smoked, snorted, taken | | | | |
| by mouth, and injected. Meth comes in a | | | | Effects on the Brain: |
| powder form that resembles granulated | | | | |
| crystals and in a rock form known as "ice," | | | | Use of methamphetamine can cause damage to |
| which is the smokable version of | | | | the brain that is detectable months after the |
| methamphetamine that came into use during the | | | | use of the drug. The damage to the brain |
| 1980s. | | | | caused by methamphetamine use is similar to |
| | | | damage caused by Alzheimer's disease, stroke, |
| The effects of methamphetamine can last up to | | | | and epilepsy. |
| 12 hours. Side effects include convulsions, | | | | |
| dangerously high body temperature, stroke, | | | | Chronic Meth users will experience |
| cardiac arrhythmia, stomach cramps, and | | | | out-of-control rages that result in violent |
| shaking. During these Meth binges, users will | | | | behavior, anxiety, confusion, insomnia, |
| inject as much as a gram of methamphetamine | | | | psychotic behavior including auditory |
| every 2 to 3 hours over several days until | | | | hallucinations (hearing things), mood |
| they run out of the drug or are too dazed to | | | | disturbances, delusions, and paranoia, |
| continue use. | | | | possibly resulting in homicidal or suicidal |
| | | | thoughts. |
| Health Effects: | | | | |
| | | | Psychotic symptoms can sometimes persist for |
| The effects of methamphetamine use can | | | | months or years after use has ceased. This is |
| include, besides addiction, psychotic | | | | a nasty piece of work waiting for your |
| behavior and severe brain damage. | | | | children to discover it. |
| Methamphetamine is highly addictive and users | | | | |