| Methamphetamine, or meth, also known as "speed," | | | | insomnia, convulsions and, eventually, brain damage. |
| "crystal," "crank," "ice," or "tina," is a potent psycho | | | | Not a pretty picture. Meth abuse can leave one |
| (mental)-stimulant that can be taken as pills, snorted, | | | | feelinghopeless and in despair. Don't despair. Speed, |
| injected or smoked. | | | | pardon the pun, is of the essence before further |
| There is much speculation about the problem of | | | | brain damage occurs. Something can and should be |
| meth abuse and its origins. Some believe it started | | | | done about it. |
| after World War II, and probably it did. It is used in | | | | Possibly one has already tried to resolve the meth |
| diet pills and various other medications to help resolve | | | | abuse before and failed. The major reason for failure |
| issues of insufficient energy to perform a day's work. | | | | is just selecting the wrong program for the addict. |
| Things such as asthma medication contain ephedrine | | | | This too is understandable as there is so much |
| which is one of the constituents of meth and, during | | | | information out there and misinformation abounds. |
| the last two decades, more prevalently and possibly | | | | There is a way to determine which program will do |
| the main culprit contributing to such an enormous | | | | the job. It's simple, really, once you know how. The |
| jump in the meth abuse statistics, is the commonly | | | | first step is to ensure that the program does a |
| prescribed ADHD meds. | | | | withdrawal program that is comfortable for the |
| The problem with ADHD meds is that youngsters | | | | addict. No cold turkey. That's agony. |
| have access to and become drug dealers at a very | | | | Once the addict is through withdrawal, the next key |
| young age, selling their "speed" to friends and school | | | | issue would be to ensure that a full meth detox is |
| mates so the problem of addiction is starting at an | | | | undertaken without the introduction of further drugs. |
| extremely young age, right in the school grounds. All | | | | We certainly don't need to add a new "fix" to the list |
| they have to do is crush the tablets and ingest them | | | | and create a new reason for rehab. Key components |
| in any of the ways, previously mentioned. The result | | | | of a properly done meth detox program would |
| in the classroom can be and is catastrophic and that's | | | | include the use of a sauna, the proper oils, vitamins |
| the start of meth abuse. It heralds the end of | | | | and minerals, run and administered very closely by |
| absorption of data and the start of absorption of a | | | | properly trained staff. |
| substance. | | | | Once the person is free of the meth and other toxic |
| Think of a time when you had too much alcohol or | | | | residues, he is now and only now ready for the final |
| some or other medication. Could you concentrate on | | | | steps of rehabilitation. This should include establishing |
| the job at hand? I think not. It's difficult to | | | | with the person why they started off on that road in |
| concentrate, which now makes you a target to be | | | | the first place. As no-one but he knows the reason, |
| prescribed something to "make you alert". As drugs | | | | it is very harmful for someone to tell him what to |
| don't make you alert and you have to pay attention | | | | think and give him reasons. He will not recover if this |
| in class, you get the syndrome of "the dog chasing | | | | is done. |
| it's tale". The problem won't resolve and now your | | | | It is so important to his recovery that it cannot be |
| kid is getting a prescription for a legal "drug". No | | | | emphasized enough. The reason for this is that the |
| difference. | | | | correct reason will allow rehabilitation to occur fully as |
| Prolonged meth abuse can result in a tolerance for | | | | the steps that are taken after meth detox include |
| the drug and increased use at higher dosage levels, | | | | him studying the data needed and then resolving his |
| creating dependence. The continued use of the drug, | | | | reasons for himself by himself. It cannot work any |
| with little or no sleep, leads to an extremely irritable | | | | other way. Think of a time when someone told you |
| and paranoid state. To suddenly stop using meth can | | | | what was wrong with you and how you felt and |
| lead to depression, fatigue, apathy, inability to think | | | | started to think about yourself. No-one knows but |
| and use one's innate intelligence, paranoia, anxiety, | | | | the individual himself. |