Meth Methamphetamine is neurotoxin and a potent nervous system of the class called phenylethylamine. Methamphetamine is a drug and also a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Methamphetamine is an illegal compound because of the effects it has on the human body. Meth can create an elevated mood, sexual desire, paranoia, and an energy boost for a tierd individual. Methamphetamine can be sold in mixtures of ether levomethamphetamine or dextromethamphetamine. Methe is ext…
Methamphetamine is an illegal, powerful stimulant. Many users refer to the drug as “ice” or “glass”. It is a schedule II controlled substance associated with serious health conditions, including memory loss, aggression, psychotic behavior and potential heart and brain damage. Methamphetamine has a direct connection to crime throughout the United States due to the powerful hold it has over its abusers. Law enforcement in the United States has taken great measures to seize laboratories, stop distribution…
What Is Methamphetamine? Full Name Methamphetamine. Common Nicknames Crystal, Speed, Glass, Crank, Poor mans coke, Quick, Ice, Chalk. How It Is Synthesized The main ingredient that goes into making meth is pseudoephedrine, a decongestant in most over the counter cold medication, that in combination but a host of other toxic chemicals such as lye and drain cleaner. Form White or yellow powder, clear or yellowish crystals or “shards”, or in pill form. Use Smoked, snorted, swallowed…
Methamphetamine enters the neuron by carried directly throughout nerve cell membranes. It extends to the nerve cell terminals by transporter molecules that normally pass dopamine or norepinephrine. The nerve terminal, methamphetamine go into the dopamine- or norepinephrine-containing vesicles and produce the neurotransmitter. Methamphetamine also blocks the dopamine transporter from pumping dopamine back into the sending neuron. Methamphetamine acts similarly to cocaine in this room. Nicotine attaches…
Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant that is most commonly known as crank, crystal meth, speed or ice and is used as a recreational drug. It is well known to be mostly abused usually through ingestion, snorting, injection, or smoking - due to the fairly easy nature of producing it (METHAMPHETAMINE). However, it does have some minor useful medical uses such as in therapeutic “treatment of narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)” (Methamphetamine drug profile)…
Methamphetamine was first synthesized in 1919 by a Japanese chemist named A. Ogata. Since then, it’s been illegally produced in the US since the 1970s. It was originally used as a way to stay awake and alert: college students used it to stay awake for studying, businessmen and secretaries used it to overcome fatigue, truckers used it to stay awake on their long drives, and athletes used it to increase their alertness and energy levels. Meth and its parent drug, amphetamine, were a very common war…
Methamphetamines Samantha Erb Lock Haven University Methamphetamines I chose to write about methamphetamines because since high school I have had a great interest in the drug and its effects. In high school the book “Tweak” came out. Tweak is about a young man who is a recovering addict. He was addicted to meth, cocaine, and heroine where he enrolled himself into a 12 step program. Within this program the young man has a very supportive sponsor but he feels like it is time…
has been considerable effort to educate children concerning the potential problems of abuse and addiction to the drugs. The close parallel between the pharmacokinetic behavior produced by the drugs used in the treatment of ADHD with cocaine, methamphetamine and other abused central nervous system stimulants raises concerns about addiction and cross-substitution of addictive properties between different stimulant drugs. For the purpose of this study the term ‘amphetamine class of drugs’ refers to…
General Psychology STIMULANTS Definition of Stimulant Drugs Stimulant, any drug that excites any bodily function, but more specifically those that stimulate the brain and central nervous system. Stimulants induce alertness, elevated mood, wakefulness, increased speech and motor activity and decrease appetite. Their therapeutic use is limited, but their mood-elevating effects make some of them potent drugs of abuse. Stimulants are a class of psychoactive drug that increase activity in the…
Theories of Addiction: Methamphetamine Users’ Explanations for Continuing Drug Use and Relapse The preclinical models used were constructed to draw attention to the unique side of addiction behavior (Newton, De La Garza, Kalechstein, Tziortzis, & Jacobsen. 2009, p. 295). “These include Negative Reinforcement (“Pain Avoidance”), Positive Reinforcement (“Pleasure Seeking”), Incentive Salience (“Craving”), Stimulus Responsive Learning (“Habits”), and Inhibitory Control Dysfunction (“Impulsivity”)”…