Crystal Meth Use and Abuse

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive central nervous system stimulant that can be injected, snorted, smoked, or ingested orally. The immediate effects of meth include increased in activities and decrease in appetite. Meth has limited medical uses attention deficit disorders, and obesity.

It can alter mood in depending on how it is taken.   This drug comes in many forms; one of the common form is crystal meth.

This is a clear glass like crystal form compared to methamphetamine which is

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in a powder form. Crystal meth is more toxic and has longer lasting effects.

When the methamphetamine is smoked or injected user experiences an intense "rush" that last for only a few minutes and is described as extremely pleasurable.

Crystal meth use last longer, sometimes for hours, and are usually more intense. Snorting or when ingesting orally produces euphoria - a high but not an intense rush.

Snorting and IV produces effects within three to five minutes Ingesting orally produces effects within 15 to 20 minutes, which would last longer but less intense.

The long term effects of crystal meth use are addiction, depression, anxiety, mood changes, and disorderly behavior.

Crystal meth effects depends on a variety of factors that include, the age, dosage, body weight, how  long the drug has been taken, the method of administering, and so forth.

Crystal meth effects are similar to that of cocaine, except that these effects last much longer. The euphoria may last as long as 12 hours as compared to cocaine effects that last only a few minutes.

Moreover some of the major side effects may last as long as 24 hours after the drug has being administered.
Tolerance to this stimulant can develop with long term use of it; this means that the user will require a larger dosage of the drug to achieve the desired effects.

High dose use can result in sadistic behavior, insomnia, anxiety, weight loss and confusion.  Other crystal meth effects include tachycardia and hypertension, which can lead to damage of blood vessels in the brain and this resulting in strokes and eventually death.

With long-term use, psychosis can build up including paranoia, mood swings, delusion and hallucination.
A major physical feature of Crystal Meth use is Meth mouth and dry sores.

These addicts have rotting teeth and dry mouth due to decrease saliva production. The decrease in oxygen circulation to extremities also results in body sores.