Crystal Methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, is an extremely addictive, dangerous drug that should be avoided no matter what.
“Crystal Methamphetamine, Crystal Meth is a very pure, smokable form of methamphetamine. It is an extremely addictive stimulant. Crystal Meth is also called jib, crank, meth, crystal, ice, and speed. Often distributed as a capsule, powder, or in chunks resembling pieces of ice, it is difficult to know the exact strength of the drug or what dangerous chemicals it has been cut with, even when buying from a familiar supplier. Taking crystal meth with other drugs, including alcohol, greatly increases the risk of overdose and death. Meth is highly addictive, produces extreme cravings, and can have very negative effects. Long-term effects include problems with thinking, memory, and movement.” [1]
Yes, this story comes from the ‘land down under,’ but that doesn’t make it any less relevant to the USA drug culture. Undoubtedly, crystal meth has become a rage among many who have the time, the money, and the insatiable desire to push the envelope. The following account clearly shows that Australia is taking their extensive meth abuse problem very seriously.
“An ice addict in a hospital emergency department gouged out his own eyeballs and ate them, a Federal Liberal MP has revealed. The horrific story was revealed yesterday at an Ice Summit on the Central Coast organised by the Express Advocate to address the epidemic in the region.
Dobell Federal Liberal MP Karen McNamara relayed the story as she opened the summit before a packed auditorium this morning.
‘There is nothing at all recreational about this drug,’ Ms McNamara said.
‘Let me tell you a story that demonstrates this … about a young boy taken into an emergency department for treatment who gouged out his own eyeballs and ate them,’ she said.
‘We have to get these kinds of stories out to young people — this is not a recreational drug,’ she said.” [2]
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Clearly what distinguishes crystal meth from so many other hard drugs is that it is extraordinarily addictive. Once the addiction takes hold, it is not only exceedingly difficult to break, but greater amounts of the recreational drug are required to attain the previous highs. There then seems to be a point where an individual tolerance reaches a threshold beyond which anything goes.
“Other stories to emerge from the Central Coast over the past two weeks reveal the extent of the epidemic that continues to embattle police, paramedics and emergency department personnel.
Gosford and Wyong hospitals head of emergency departments Dr Kate Porges told the Express Advocate this week that ‘killer doses’ were needed to sedate ice users.
‘The doses are six times what we’d give the average person,’ Dr Porges said.
‘If I gave you this sort of dosage, you’d be dead.’
Dr Porges said doctors and nurses were also regularly assaulted with most assaults going unreported because staff were too busy to deal with the paperwork.” [2]
By now it ought to be clear that ice, as crystal meth is also known, exerts influences over an addict which are way beyond the norm for most other recreational drugs. It’s almost as though the extremely powerful addictive quality of ice is matched by its powers to override the ability to reason.
“Meth is extremely addictive, and users can develop a tolerance quickly, needing larger amounts to get high. In some cases, users forego food and sleep and take more meth every few hours for days, ‘binging’ until they run out of the drug or become too disorganized to continue.” [1]
An addict in the throes of a full-blown episode is in such an altered state that they have lost all judgment. Their capacity to discriminate between right and wrong, good and bad flees them. Likewise, they lose certain faculties, especially their ability to discern between stark reality and pure fantasy. Trying to rationalize with someone deeply under the influence is practically an exercise in futility; hence, restraints of the highest order are often required in order to protect them from themselves as well as others in their presence.
Conclusion
An understanding of how meth really works and affects the brain is critical to avoiding the temptation to go there. Therefore, we are compelled to share one more important excerpt from the aptly named website page titled: Crystal Meth – The Fatal Cycle of Meth.
“Most addictive drugs are able to produce pleasurable effects by chemically mimicking certain normal brain messenger chemicals that produce positive feelings in response to signals from the brain. Crystal meth is able to produce these artificial feelings of pleasure and leaves users with a chemical imbalance in their brain that drives them to use again and again. Eventually, this reward system of the brain malfunctions and can be permanently damaged.” [1]
If anyone is not scared of this stuff by now, they should be!
Sources:
[1] Pat Moore Foundation
[2] news.com.au
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