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  1. Drug abuse a threat to many

    41.9%

    ... Drug abuse a threat to many Sarnia police issued a missing person's report yesterday for a woman named Shelley Mathieu-Read, described as a 45-year-old drug addict missing since May...

    ... Most residents have little direct contact with drug addicts and thus assume the world of needle exchanges and crystal meth labs has little to do with their lives...

    ... According to one leading expert, 40 per cent of all hospital admissions are in some way related to substance abuse , and hospital staff are ill-equipped to deal with it...

    ... Indeed, break-in statistics rise and fall in lockstep with the arrest and detention of known addicts...

    ... Sarnia's courts are filled with individuals whose mistakes turned on drug and alcohol abuse...

    ... We wish him the best...

    ... But until Sarnia comes to grips with its addiction problem , stories like his will be all too familiar...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1186298156.html

  2. The physical signs of meth abuse

    16.79%

    ... Users quickly become addicts...

    ... The health of addicts quickly deteriorates, as does their ability to tend to basic personal hygiene...

    ... Skin Sores: Users often pick at imaginary bugs under their skin ("meth bugs"), causing open sores, infections, and scarring of the skin...

    ... Body Odor: Chemicals are emitted from the skin of meth users, often producing strong and unpleasant odors...

    ... They may communicate with senseless and irrational babble and their speech may be impaired...

    ... Please note that the presence of these symptoms and behaviors do not necessarily mean a person is a meth addict...

    ... There are other factors, such as mental illness or side effects from prescribed medication, that can cause symptoms similar to those associated with meth addiction...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1196624833.html

  3. What are the Hazards of Crystal Meth?

    11.49%

    ... If used in even higher doses, heart rate increases, body temperature can rise to very dangerous levels, and the user can become paranoid, agitated and exhibit very bizarre and risky behavior...

    ... In addition to its ability to addict the user, tolerance also occurs, meaning the user must use higher doses to achieve the same effect...

    ... Eventually, the doses are so high that the most dangerous effects such as increased heart rate, severe hyperthermia (high body temperature), paranoia, and stroke occur, eventually resulting in death...

    ... The body produces two substances, dopamine and norepinephrine, to stimulate the body...

    ... After this occurs, the body can no longer produce the chemicals that stimulate the pleasure senses...

    ... After stopping the drug, the person will experience a profound "numbness" and depression because the body can no longer produce the two stimulants necessary to experience pleasure...

    ... Hazards of Crystal Meth: Risky Behavior Users of crystal meth will exhibit very at risk sexual behavior, including sexual binges that include unsafe sex with multiple anonymous partners...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1196618103.html

  4. Xanax addiction: associate Xanax with calm

    8.8%

    ... Xanax addiction: associate Xanax with calm A medication that is available by prescription only, Xanax is a highly addictive medication that is prescribed to treat panic attacks, anxiety disorders or moderate to severe stress...

    ... At that point people begin to associate Xanax with calm and begin to increase the amount of medication they take...

    ... With an increase in Xanax use and an ever increasing tolerance, negative consequences soon emerge...

    ... As with other prescription medications such as, , when tolerance increases and prescriptions run out prematurely, the person must find additional Xanax...

    ... This is accomplished by scheduling appointments with more than one physician, forge prescriptions, visit multiple pharmacies or even steal the drug from other people...

    ... Basically, they will do whatever is necessary to avoid running out of the drug and experiencing the symptoms associated with withdrawal...

    ... At some point in their Xanax addiction , the addict might be taking between 20 - 30 pills a day...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1190704194.html

  5. Meth’s effects on people

    8.8%

    ... Meth addicts binge on larger and larger quantities of the drug as they become reliant on it...

    ... As addicts binge, they typically go extended periods of time - often days on end - without eating or sleeping...

    ... These binges result in a cycle of physical deterioration that occurs rapidly, much more rapidly than that associated with addiction to other drugs...

    ... Prolonged addiction usually results in methamphetamine psychosis , where victims "see things that aren't really there, including elusive 'shadow people'"and a psychological state where " meth addicts believe that everyone is 'out to get them,' even innocent strangers or inanimate objects...

    ... " Along with the long-term health effects of meth use , injuries associated with meth use and production add to its danger, the Charleston Daily Mail reports...

    ... s complex array of severe effects, coupled with a changing health care industry, have left treatment professionals seeking new answers...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1192078220.html

  6. Aphrodisiac' effect part of meth's deceptive charm

    4.49%

    ... "It's the same way with sexual arousal...

    ... Everything that feels good feels good in the nucleus accumbens," said Holley, whose 22-year-old brother was an addict who killed himself...

    ... " Methamphetamine makes a direct hit on the nucleus accumbens with its favorite chemical, dopamine," she said...

    ... "The effect of an IV hit of methamphetamine is the equivalent of 10 orgasms all on top of each other lasting for 30 minutes to an hour, with a feeling of arousal that lasts for another day and a half...

    ... " Holley said the body "doesn't have enzymes to metabolize this stuff, so the dopamine high lasts for 20 hours...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1192080745.html

  7. She smoked crystal methamphetamine and went into a coma

    2.87%

    ... She smoked crystal methamphetamine and went into a coma Court victory for drug addict, Sandra Bergen, who sued her dealer over heart attack A former addict has opened a new front in the war on illegal drugs by successfully suing her dealer for selling her crystal methamphetamine that almost killed her...

    ... "With the criminal justice system, there wasn’...

    ... s awaiting the verdict on this case so they can go ahead with a similar one and find a lawyer to take it on...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1200251742.html

  8. Your Kids: Explain the Dangers of Crystal Meth

    1.62%

    ... This can be the first of many ongoing conversations you can have with your kids about Crystal Meth and other drugs over the coming months and years/ What are the facts about Crystal Meth...

    ... Addicts begin to "binge and crash" taking more of the drug more often...

    ... Remember that it is okay if your child does not agree with everything you say...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1188915824.html

  9. Side effects of Xanax Addiction

    1.62%

    ... After a period of time these symptoms may dissipate, even with increased use of the drug...

    ... The problem here is that with increased use, comes tolerance and with tolerance an addiction...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1190704683.html

  10. Xanax withdrawal difficulties

    1.62%

    ... One of the major difficulties with Xanax withdrawal is that it increases the initial symptoms the person was trying to suppress...

    ... This, coupled with the anxiety produced by withdrawal can be extremely intense and difficult to cope with...
    http://crystalmethamphetamineaddiction.info/post_1190704815.html

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