Meth-Amphetamine

Methampheta-mine also called METHEDRINE is a STIMULANT. Methamphetamine's effects on the central nervous system are more than those of amphetamine,cardio and gastro are less marked. Like amphetamine, it causes increased activity, increased talkativeness, more energy and less fatigue, decreased food take, and a general sense of being good. Injecting the drug by intravenous results in rush, described by some as the best part of the drug effect. Methamphetamine is more soluble for intravenous.

Japan was the first nation to experience a major epidemic of methamphetamine use. Immediately following World War II, large quantities of meth-amphetamine, which had been produced to keep combat troops alert, were released for sale to the Japanese public. Within a short time there was widespread use and abuse of the drug, much of it intravenously. At the epidemic, more than a million users were involved. The experience of the Japanese, the belief persisted in the United States that amphetamines did not lead to serious compulsive use, and these drugs were not subject to any special regulatory controls like the ones governing the availability of the opioid drugs until 1964.