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Methamphetamine Methyl amphetamine the common name for it is meth, ice or methamphetamine. This is a drug that is illegal in the United States since the early 80s. Meth is often associated with clubs and raves giving it the title of a club drug. Ice has a long history in the world, it also causes harm to the brain of the user, addiction to the user and changes the person from whom they once where before the use of the drug. Meth has a long history beginning in 1893 Japan with a chemist named Nagayoshi Nagai. Then in World War II it became popular among the German military and was given out under the code name of Pervitin. It was often laced onto chocolates and given to all branches of the military such as the air force who called it Fliegerschokolade meaning “flyer’s chocolate” and to the panzer divisions who would call it “tanker’s chocolate”. Hitler leader of Nazi Germany used methamphetamine daily to help treat his depression and fatigue throughout the war. After the war the drug became popular in Japan where again the military got there hands into it and was called Shabu. The Japanese then made it illegal in the 50s. Coming to the United States in the 50s the drug became widely used in legal prescription but in the 80s United States law banned its use. Methamphetamine is made mostly from home laboratories probably right in your own neighborhood. These home cooked meth labs use pseudo ephedrine and ephedrine and this two substances are the active ingredients in Contac and Sudafed which are over-the-counter drugs. Well, the most recent law against meth use was the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 and what this does is limit’s the amount of pseudo ephedrine and ephedrine you can purchase in a certain time frame. Meth causes harm to the brain of the user by reversing the direction of flow of feel good chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin (5HT). Serotonin plays a role in regulating body functions and mood in a person. This reversed flow causes a sudden release in these transmitters from the brain resulting in a euphoria and excitement so called “rush” or “flash” felt by the user that last for only a few minutes. And this is what the user is after in the use of meth. Although the person by feel good for awhile the effects soon wear off and do to the sudden lose of serotonin and dopamine the person will enter in to a huge withdraw stage. In doing so will become depressed and cause sudden mood swings. Users of meth often are obsessed with repetitive tasks like cleaning themselves. Methamphetamine causes addiction to the user and addiction is a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity. Addiction comes in two ways the physical dependency and the psychological dependency. The physical dependence is the sudden stopping of the use of a substance resulting in withdraw symptoms. The psychological dependency is the dependency of the drug or substance on the mind. And what meth does is cause both a physical and psychological addiction to the user. Meth addiction leads to a tolerance in the drug that causes the user to use higher and higher doses of the drug to get the same feel. This is potently deadly to the user of meth. The long-tern use of meth can result in paranoia and hallucinations leading to violent aggressive behavior. Methamphetamine has a Schedule II under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 on a scale from I to V where I being the most dangerous. The use of meth leads to mood changes and personally changes in the user. This causes unrest in the life of the user and could lead to family problems. Violent behavior in the user pushes people away from the methamphetamine user which causes a spiral effect. Where the person becomes more depressed resulting in more use of the drug leading to worse and worse mood swings pushing more and more people away and the cycle continues until the person can’t push anymore people away ultimately leading to death or health and mental problems Methamphetamine is not just dangerous to the user but very influencing on the people around you. Though the user may not notice the effects he has on people until it is to late to do anything about the fact. Methamphetamine, meth, or ice what ever you call it is a drug that has been around for along time and probably will still be around for along time as well. Meth is a club drug that is very addictive to the user and is often used to reach a high or euphoria to keep them going on the dance floor of raves