In this particular essay, I am going to address the routes of administration of methamphetamines, and the physical and mental effects of meth. What exactly is methamphetamine? I am so glad that you asked, methamphetamine is “a synthetic drug with more rapid and lasting effects than amphetamine, used illegally as a stimulant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure.” The people who were responsible for manufacturing methamphetamine, were the biker gangs (Inaba 3.24). Typically, these bikers worked with people called “street chemist.” The street chemist were the people who produced the meth. How did they produce it? Meth was produced by, rock salt, battery acid, coffee filters, plastic tubing, an empty 2-liter
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Note well, that methamphetamine can be smoked by inhaling the vapors when heated to 200-400oC (Drugtoxicology). Other routes are snorting, intravenous injection, oral ingestion, and smoking crystal meth. When snorting meth, it usually causes irritation and pain to the nasal. Did you know that it takes (7-10 seconds) for the drug to get to the brain when you inhale the drug? It Intravenous injection on the other hand, is known for large amounts of the drug directly into the bloodstream, which is known to be more painful than snorting the drug. Far as the intravenous goes, it takes the drug (15-30 seconds) for the drug to enter the brain. Normally when someone decides to use a drug orally, they usually wrap it in a piece of tissue. Predominately when people decide to use this drug orally, they don’t have the slightest idea that “it slows metabolic functions, thus preventing its own absorption into the bloodstream” (Drugtoxicology). Far as the oral approach goes, it is known to take (20-30 seconds) for the drug to reach the abuser 's brain. This leads me to my next point, the route of administration that reaches the brain the fastest is inhaling. And the route of administration that reaches the brain the slowest is contact absorption. The meth users who decide to take on the approach of using one of the routes of administration, typically result in some type of problem. According to the author, “brains
Note well, that methamphetamine can be smoked by inhaling the vapors when heated to 200-400oC (Drugtoxicology). Other routes are snorting, intravenous injection, oral ingestion, and smoking crystal meth. When snorting meth, it usually causes irritation and pain to the nasal. Did you know that it takes (7-10 seconds) for the drug to get to the brain when you inhale the drug? It Intravenous injection on the other hand, is known for large amounts of the drug directly into the bloodstream, which is known to be more painful than snorting the drug. Far as the intravenous goes, it takes the drug (15-30 seconds) for the drug to enter the brain. Normally when someone decides to use a drug orally, they usually wrap it in a piece of tissue. Predominately when people decide to use this drug orally, they don’t have the slightest idea that “it slows metabolic functions, thus preventing its own absorption into the bloodstream” (Drugtoxicology). Far as the oral approach goes, it is known to take (20-30 seconds) for the drug to reach the abuser 's brain. This leads me to my next point, the route of administration that reaches the brain the fastest is inhaling. And the route of administration that reaches the brain the slowest is contact absorption. The meth users who decide to take on the approach of using one of the routes of administration, typically result in some type of problem. According to the author, “brains