On the other hand, the addiction to meth leads to many different types of health complications. Methamphetamine abuse has negative consequences on a person's health including weight loss, digestive and heart problems, and the loss of teeth. Considering Major was part of a gang who created and sold meth, it gave him easy access to it and ultimately turning him into an addict. As a result of his addiction, and the course of his drug use he had lost 30 pounds (Methland 82). Jarvis, another character in the book, also an addict, was such a heavy user that his skin looked like it was dropping off of his body. Nick talks about how meth takes over the limbic system in the brain, which is the reward center, as well as the prefrontal cortex, where decision
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When it takes over the reward center, a meth user doesn’t know what feels good and when it takes over their decision making abilities, it is here where they make bad decisions and judgements such as driving under the influence. Meth use comes along with many health problems people are not aware of when starting to use meth. They only come to realize the problems when it is too late. Another major problem that stems from meth use are meth babies. When Major’s son, Buck, was born he was considered a meth baby. Not only was he a meth baby but they referred to him as the meth baby of Iowa. This was because he had the highest cell-follicle traces of meth ever recorded in the state of Iowa at the time (Methland 83). The parents of these meth babies forget what kind of problems they are passing on to their kids due to their addiction. The problems
When it takes over the reward center, a meth user doesn’t know what feels good and when it takes over their decision making abilities, it is here where they make bad decisions and judgements such as driving under the influence. Meth use comes along with many health problems people are not aware of when starting to use meth. They only come to realize the problems when it is too late. Another major problem that stems from meth use are meth babies. When Major’s son, Buck, was born he was considered a meth baby. Not only was he a meth baby but they referred to him as the meth baby of Iowa. This was because he had the highest cell-follicle traces of meth ever recorded in the state of Iowa at the time (Methland 83). The parents of these meth babies forget what kind of problems they are passing on to their kids due to their addiction. The problems