Crystal Meth / Methamphetamine / Ice – Educational Video #2
Crystal Meth / Methamphetamine / Ice – Educational Video #2 – Local police chief talks about the Meth problem in the land of Rocori. Producer: Duane Kuss, WOW Training. Methamphetamine is a highly addictive central nervous system stimulant that can be injected, snorted, smoked, or ingested orally. Methamphetamine users feel a short yet intense “rush” when the drug is initially administered. The immediate effects of methamphetamine include increased activity and decreased appetite. The drug has limited medical uses for the treatment of narcolepsy, attention deficit disorders, and obesity. Most amphetamines distributed to the black market are produced in clandestine laboratories. Methamphetamine laboratories are, by far, the most frequently encountered clandestine laboratories in the United States. The ease of clandestine synthesis, combined with tremendous profits, has resulted in significant availability of illicit methamphetamine. Large amounts of methamphetamine are also illicitly smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Long-term methamphetamine abuse can cause addiction, anxiety, insomnia, mood disturbances, and violent behavior. Additionally, psychotic symptoms such as paranoia, hallucinations, and delusions (such as the sensation of bugs crawling under the user’s skin) can occur. The psychotic symptoms can last for months or years after methamphetamine use has ceased. Of an estimated 108 million emergency department (ED) visits in the US during 2005, the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) estimates that 1449154 ED visits …
ASA: Illicit Drug Abuse Down, Prescription Drug Abuse Up
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Mario Moric, from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and colleagues extracted data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network database on emergency department mentions (EDMs) of drug use over a three-year period (2007 to 2009). EDMs related …
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Prescription opioids have wreaked havoc on the Bay State. Will a new bill give …
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New Englanders entered substance abuse treatment facilities in 2009 for opioids at a rate twice as high as the national average, according to the Drug Abuse Warning Network. While the treatment admission rate for heroin declined nationally, admissions …
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Area officials look to stem medicine abuse
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That accounts for more emergency room visits than alcohol or illicit drugs, such as heroin or cocaine, according to the federal Drug Abuse Warning Network. Visits related to oxycodone drugs rose a staggering 255 percent from 2004 to 2010, the network …
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