With methamphetamine addiction on the rise not just here in America but all over
the world to the point where it is now considered an epidemic, something has to be done about this and now. Not only is this drug extremely addictive, but it's so easy to make that one could make methamphetamines right in his/her basement or garage from ingredients you can buy at your local drug store.
Methamphetamines or meth for short, is a drug that when smoked allows the brain to release a chemical called dopamine which is sort of a feel good chemical that rewards our bodies for doing something that our brain likes. Sex and food are the main reasons that dopamine is released. But meth when smoked releases 3 and 1/2 times the normal amount of dopamine and double what the body can release on it's own. And once a person on meth gets to a certain point, the brain stops releasing dopamine so the user smokes more to chase that high they once got to no avail.
By releasing this much dopamine it gives your body a burst of energy to where if you smoke enough of it you can stay up for days at a time and go for days without an appetite. Like any drug, meth can be very addictive and if smoked enough, can cause severe hallucinations and even death. You lose a lot of weight, your teeth start to rot and you can develop sores on your body.
In some parts of the world employers give their employees methamphetamines so they will work harder and stay up longer to get more work done so they can make more money.
In a 2 year span there were over 35,000 meth labs shut down here in the United States alone. But that hasn't slowed this drug down at all. Now the states get most of their supply from Mexico running the same routes as cocaine. They say that meth is the poor mans cocaine.