Documentary Description
It’s cheap, highly addictive and ultra-powerful. “Ice,” or crystal
methamphetamine, is now more popular than heroin. It plays havoc with
the minds and the bodies of addicts, filling emergency wards with
dangerous, psychotic patients. But little is known about the long-term
effects of the drug or even how to treat the addiction.This documentary
reports on the hidden, growing epidemic.
Methamphetamine has medical uses as well as the
potential to cause addiction. Methamphetamine addiction typically
occurs when a person begins to use the drug as a stimulant, for its
powerful enhancing effects on sex, mood and energy, alertness and
ability to concentrate, and weight loss and appetite suppression, among
its other psychological and physical effects.
Over time tolerance develops, and users have greater
difficulty functioning and experiencing pleasure than they did before,
which persists indefinitely due to neurotoxicity produced by
methamphetamine in long-term recovered addicts.
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