| The images in my last month local newspaper was | | | | smoked in a pipe and is made of many toxic |
| enough to make anyone stop for a moment and see | | | | substances such as:Lye |
| the devastating effect of crystal meth (Crystal | | | | Ether |
| methamphetamine) now becoming more mainstream | | | | Iodine |
| and reaching epidemic proportion.The newspaper | | | | Draino |
| featured stories about young men and women who | | | | Ephedrine |
| went from being excellent students, good mothers, | | | | Brake Fluid |
| good fathers, all in all good citizen to becoming | | | | Lighter Fluid |
| shameful addicts who won't stop at anything to get | | | | Cold remedies |
| their next fix.What really captured my attention was | | | | Lithium Metals |
| the transformation of these beautiful men and women. | | | | Hydrachloride |
| How they went from being handsome to find themself | | | | Hydriotic Acid |
| looking old and sickly after they have started using | | | | Red Phosphorus |
| crystal meth. Beside looking old and sickly, they had all | | | | Anyhdrous AmmoniaThe side effects of crystal meth |
| kinds of lesions on their bodies, which I later found out | | | | like any other street corner drug, are insomnia, agitation, |
| is called crank bugs (feeling that bugs are crawling on | | | | irritability, dry mouth, sweating, and palpitations. The |
| your skin). The lesions are caused by constantly | | | | body temperature also increases, as does breathing |
| scratching your body from the itch.Interestingly enough, | | | | and heart rate. The drug can also cause behavioral |
| the one common denominator was that all of the | | | | problems, paranoia and psychosis, especially after |
| people interviewed for the article said that they were | | | | frequent use and in individuals with a predisposition to |
| hooked on crystal meth after only their first try. One of | | | | mental illness.The addiction can lead to mood swings, |
| the guys went from being a well respected attorney | | | | paranoia, anger and depression that have an impact |
| earning about a thousand dollars a day to owing his | | | | on relationships and general social interactions. Beside |
| credit card company $25,000 dollars six months later | | | | the permanent life-altering changes that the drug can |
| due to his addiction.Another one of the subjects, a girl | | | | inflict on the user such as work, relationship and job |
| with the youthful good looks of a model before she | | | | prospect, there is the ever present risk of an |
| became addicted was nothing more than a skinny | | | | overdose that leads to convulsions, respiratory |
| looking lady that looked as though she aged 15 or 20 | | | | collapse, coma and ultimately death.The tell-tale signs |
| years once she became hooked on crystal meth.The | | | | of crystal meth addiction are, lack of concentration, |
| effect of the drug is a feeling of euphoria and a high | | | | depression, insomnia, worrying about the next fix, etc. |
| that can last anywhere from 2 to 16 hours. The user | | | | Crystal meth is so addictive that most users get |
| then have more confidence, more energy and | | | | addicted on the first try. The first thing is to |
| become very happy and uninhibited, which can lead to | | | | acknowledge the problem and treat it as serious then |
| risky behaviors such as needle sharing that brings the | | | | seek help, which is available in every cities and smaller |
| risk of contracting hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV and | | | | communities.Fritz Blanc is a part time internet marketer |
| possibly AIDS.Crystal meth (Crystal | | | | who has created many web sites about various |
| methamphetamine) can be either snorted, injected, or | | | | subjects. |