Crystal Meth Users Surveyed

Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant that has been used for the treatment of attention deficit disorder, obesity and for other ailments that require the treatment for amphetamine.

This drug, has proven to be very addictive, has been giving much needed research over the past decade.

Scientists are concern about the effects that this drug has on the central nervous systems and has been seeking alternatives drugs and means of treatment for its addiction.

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 effects 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.

There demography of crystal meth users is young people from an early age of twelve years to about thirty five. The percentage of crystal meth users over forty is not alarming.

In 2006, a survey carried out by the National Survey of drug use and health noted that 5.77% of the US population over twelve years has used meth sometime in their life.

The following year, Monitoring The Future carried out a similar survey among high schools which showed that 1.8% of eighth graders, 2.8% of tenth graders, and 3.0% of twelfth graders reported lifetime use of methamphetamine.

In 2006, these percentages were 2.7%, 3.2%, and 4.4%, respectively. Women tend to use crystal meth more than they would use cocaine.

The long term faith for crystal meth users are addiction, depression, anxiety, mood changes, and disorderly behavior.

These 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.