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     ››› methamphetamine (ice)

 

 › What is it?

Is a powerful addictive stimulant that dramatically affects the central nervous system.

The users may become addicted quickly, and use it with increasing frequency and in increasing doses.

   

  How ice is used?

Ice can be snorted, injected or smoke.

 

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It appears as semi-transparent grain crystals, also in pills or capsule.
 

  Short-term effects:

Include increase wakefulness, physical activity, reduced appetite, increased respiration, hyperthermia, irritability, insomnia, confusion, tremors, convulsions, anxiety, paranoia and violent behavior. Hyperthermia and convulsions can result in death.

 

  Long-term effects:

Increased heart rate and blood pressure and can cause irreversible damage to blood vessels in the brain, respiratory problems, irregular heart beat and extreme anorexia, coma, brain hemorrhage, cardiovascular collapse and death.

Increased risk of exposure to HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases if injected

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)