subject: Disastrous Use Of Crystal Meth [print this page] If you take this street drug for any reason, whether positive or negative, it is going to affect you directly. Many people, especially women, have used crystal meth for rapid weight loss which is indeed rapid. But the problem is that after a short stint, the body develops a tolerance to the drug and you have to use bigger doses to achieve weight loss which is in itself short term indeed. After the effects of crystal meth wear off, your body builds on weight again, this time with a vengeance.
Crystal meth today is only used for its long term high that can last for up to 12 hours. Compared to other street drugs like cocaine and heroin which last only a few hours, this one is the worst. The method of ingestion differs from person to person. Some will prefer to smoke, snort, swallow or inject it into the body. Others will prefer to put it through the urethra or the anus.
Apart from being used for its high and to lose weight, it is also used to help boost one's sex drive especially among men. It also charges the user with incredible energy although it makes one lose their appetite. If a person feels depressed, they are going to find relief and so is also the case for fatigue. However, after the effects of the crystal meth fade away, you will fall into deeper depression.
Among the questions that people ask about this drug is where it comes from. It is a modification, if you will, of the pharmaceutical drug methylamphetamine that doctors prescribe to obese people. The contents and chemical characteristics are then altered in the laboratory by the addition of other chemicals to come up with this addictive street methylamphetamine which induces a 12 hour effect of high on the user.
Once somebody uses crystal meth, the body will feel its effects and will crave it again. The immediate results of taking this drug could include the loss of appetite, sweating excessively, diarrhea, nausea, confusion and many others. The symptoms might differ from one user to the other but they will be closely related. When used for a long time, it causes the classical 'meth face' where the jaws collapse inwards. All teeth are lost and the skin becomes pale and flushed. An overdose of the same will lead to death through heart, liver and kidney failure if not taken care of fast.
