Meth by Bianca Pol https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9 en-us 2018-03-12 02:13:42 UTC 2026-02-12 08:21:34 UTC hello@padlet.com What is meth? pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240674434
Meth (methamphetamine) is a schedule 2 drug that has a high chance of abuse and addiction. It is a powerful stimulant with its high lasting up to 24 hours. It has been used to treat ADHD and been used in the past for weight loss.

Drug-Free World. “The Deadly Effects of Meth.” Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, 2018, www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crystalmeth/the-deadly-effects-of-meth.html.
]]> 2018-03-12 02:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240674434 The effects of meth pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240675040
When a user tries meth, the first symptoms that kick in are an increased heart rate, vastly increased metabolism, and heightened blood pressure. This is called the "rush" and is the first stage which lasts approx. 30 minutes. The next is high where a user feels "smarter" and becomes argumentative. Also the user during this phase has sharp focus on seemingly irrelevant objects and tasks. Like knocking on a table for hours, this can last four to sixteen hours. Third stage is the "binge" phase where the user takes more and more drugs compulsively to keep the high sustained. This lasts 3 to 15 days, and the user experiences hyperactivity both mentally and physically. Eventually it becomes impossible for the user to get another high until the meth is completely out of their system. This begins the tweaking phase, when no longer able to get high the user goes into an irrational hallucinated state. Often attacking others or themselves, they see and hear things no one else can and often feel bugs crawling under their skin. They forget who they are and cannot sleep for days at a time and the user loses all sense of reality. Then after the hallucinations stop the crash begins, where the body cannot deal with the drug and the person collapses and becomes lifeless for one to three days. After they wake up they are starving, dehydrated and exhausted,  this is the meth hangover. All the drug is gone from the user, the only thing that can make the painful feelings of exhaustion is more meth, this lasts 14 days if meth is not taken. 

Drug-Free World. “The Deadly Effects of Meth.” Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, 2018, www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crystalmeth/the-deadly-effects-of-meth.html.
]]> 2018-03-12 02:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240675040 Other Names For Meth pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240675178
Speed, Tina, Go Fast, Batu, Shabu, Crystal, Ice, Glass, Chalk, Zip, Tweek, Crank, and Christina.

Bigelow, Barbara C., editor. UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances. UXL, 2006. 5 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/pub/9781414406190/GVRL?u=lom_inac&sid=GVRL. Accessed 11 Mar. 2018.]]> 2018-03-12 02:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240675178 Meth prevalence with teens. pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240675700
Meth is one of the least taken drugs with teens. Around one out of every 120 teens has done meth in their lifetime, with only .2% of them taking it within the last month. 

Drug-Free World. “The Deadly Effects of Meth.” Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, 2018, www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crystalmeth/the-deadly-effects-of-meth.html.]]> 2018-03-12 02:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240675700 History of Meth pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240675943
Meth was first made in 1919 in Japan, when it really saw wide use was in WW2 when troops on both sides of the war would use it keep awake. And kamikaze pilots were given heavy doses before missions. Methamphetamine was first used as a drug therapy in asthma inhalers in the 1930s.
After the war, the government developed stricter regulations for the manufacture and use of amphetamines, but they remained popular among people who wanted to stay awake for long periods and were used by people who wanted to lose weight.

Drug-Free World. “The Deadly Effects of Meth.” Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Foundation for a Drug-Free World, 2018, www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crystalmeth/the-deadly-effects-of-meth.html.

"Methamphetamine." The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, edited by Kristin Key, 3rd ed., Gale, 2012. Health & Wellness Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/WKQVSX240680483/HWRC?u=lom_inac&sid=HWRC&xid=5a6b1770. Accessed 11 Mar. 2018.

]]> 2018-03-12 02:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240675943 pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240676357 2018-03-12 02:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240676357 Description pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240676558
-white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder
-easily dissolves in water or alcohol
-can be smoked, snorted, injected, or taken orally.

"Methamphetamine." The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, edited by Kristin Key, 3rd ed., Gale, 2012. Health & Wellness Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/WKQVSX240680483/HWRC?u=lom_inac&sid=HWRC&xid=5a6b1770. Accessed 11 Mar. 2018.]]> 2018-03-12 02:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240676558 pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240676616 2018-03-12 02:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240676616 Legal Uses pol_bianca69 https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240678229
Narcolepsy, ADHD, and extreme obesity. 

Methamphetamine is a second-line drug at best and is used only after other, less harmful drugs have failed.

"Methamphetamine." The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, edited by Kristin Key, 3rd ed., Gale, 2012. Health & Wellness Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/WKQVSX240680483/HWRC?u=lom_inac&sid=HWRC&xid=5a6b1770. Accessed 11 Mar. 2018.]]> 2018-03-12 02:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pol_bianca69/hh0hn4rh2fs9/wish/240678229