Méthamphétamine

see also: Etymology of Méthamphétamine

The méthamphétamine is a synthetic Drogue major psychostimulant, which causes a Euphorie, a strong mental stimulation, but is highly addictive.

Pure, it is presented in a form solid, crystalline (from where its denomination of hook ), colorless and odorless which can point out broken glass or ice (from where its denomination of ice ).

It was a time marketed like a Médicament in the United States, for various medical problems energy of the Obésité to the depression. But since 1970, it is classified like Stupéfiant.

The crystalline form, therefore “smokable”, would come from Hawaii towards 1988.

Its consumption developed coming from Korea and of the Filipino on the west coast of the the United States towards 1985. This drug of war would have taken part largely in the effectiveness of the Blitzkrieg. Adolf Hitler, starting from 1942, took some in injection. It was given to the pilots Kamikaze S Japanese.

Chemistry

The méthamphétamine is chemicals pertaining to the group of the Amphétamines. It differs from the Amphétamine by the addition of a grouping Méthyl.

Synthesis

It can be synthesized chemically starting from the hydrochlorate of Pseudoéphédrine, a Relieving congestion. It can also be synthesized starting from the Toluène.

Many methods of conversion can be found on Internet. It can also be synthesized starting from the simple Toluène in manner.

A derivative is 3,4-methylene-dioxy-méthylamphétamine or MDMA, more known under the name of Ecstasy.

Diverted and entertaining use

“Drug of work”, it was used for the truck drivers to remain waked up during their long ways. It is also used for the Dopage. It is indexed by the Convention on the psychotropic substances of 1971.

In 2005, the Canada increased the maximum sorrow for the production and the distribution of 10 years méthamphétamines to the Prison with life, placing it at the same row as the Cocaïne and the Héroïne.

In the gay medium in the United States

At the end of the 20th century, the méthamphétamine appeared in the mediums gay of the West coast of the the United States, then the East coast.

According to the users, it brings a feeling of Euphorie. It makes lose all in particular sexual inhibitions.

It thus tends to lead the consumers to omit the safety regulations sexual ( safe sex in English) and to have reports/ratios not protected and repeated for this period, taking the risk of infection by sexually transmitted diseases, of which HIV. According to the studies of the Friends Health Center of Hollywood (financed by the American National Institute off Drug Deceives ), the growth of the consumption of hook meth on the West coast corresponded with an increase in the infections and sexual diseases: many new patients being consumers of this Drug.

With New York, a militant anti-AIDS financed a page of publicity against the dangers of the méthamphétamine with the following slogan, parodying promotions of supermarket: “ Dirty Huge! Buy Hook, Get HIV Free! French ” (: Great Promotion! Buy Hook, you have the HIV in gift! ).

Effects and consequences

She is most generally smoked in her form crystalline, and introduced in the form of pills. The user-injectors liquefy the crystals with water to practice the injection., person in charge of the regulation of died of the cells of the immune system, and strongly correlated with asthma.

An improper and repeated use can involve a dependence.

In Thailand

With the Myanmar according to the works of Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, 800 million pills of méthamphétamine was produced in 2002, of which a considerable part is consumed in Southeast Asia even. And this, for laboratories which had to be established towards 1993.

This production and the traffic which results from this is located close to the border with the Thailand which undergoes the effects of consumption among its inhabitants.

Close molecule

The yaba ( yaaba , yaa baa ) also called “drug which makes insane” ( crazy medicine ) is a méthamphétamine produced in the Triangle of gold and very popular in Orient.

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