Crystal Meth

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Crystal Meth
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Overview

• The facts about Crystal Meth
• Your knowledge/Our knowledge
• Why people choose to use it
• Short and Long Term Effects
• How it works

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Tell us what you know about Crystal Meth
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What is Crystal Meth?

• Amphetamine or Methamphetamine?
• Synthetic or Natural?

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How is it Used?

• Smoke
• Inject
• Snort
• Swallow

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Why Do People Start Using it?

• Improve mental and physical performance
• Alert
• Weight loss

• Energy
• Feel really good

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Social Influences

• Media
• Friends
• Family

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General Use Effects

• Beginning
• Length
• The Flash

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Patterns of Use

• Low intensity
• Chronic Periodic
• Binge and Crash

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Binge and Crash
6-12 hours or more
3-15 days
5-30 minutes
1-3 days
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Short Term Effects I

• Pleasure
• Confidence
• Sexy
• Joy

• Irritability
• Aggression
• Power
• Fatigue

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Short Term Effects II

• Increased wakefulness, breathing, and
  heart rate
• Decreased appetite
• Dry mouth
• Overheating
• Tremors and Convulsions
• Depression as it wears off

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A Side Note

• Overdose
• Tolerance
• Addiction

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Long-Term Effects

• Anxiety, confusion, and sleep problems
• Hallucinations and delusions
• Methamphetamine Psychosis
• Psychotic behaviour
• Chronic depression
• Severe weight loss
• Brain damage

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How Does It Work?
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Dopamine

• Pleasure
• Movement
• Coordination

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Dopamine Transmission

• Dopamine
• Crystal Meth

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Balancing Balloons

• Group of 5
• Get in a circle and hold hands
• Keep the balloons in the air