Articles for tag: Brittle Bone Disease, Methamphetamine

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Attractions and Dangers of Methamphetamine

What is so attractive about Meth and why is it considered so dangerous? Lets start with some information about meth. Meth addiction is a recognized disease by the US medical profession, marked by mental obsession and compulsion of the body. In America, methamphetamine is clinically recognized as the most destructive drug yet. The return to ...

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Hawaii and Crystal Meth

Don Ho died recently in Honolulu, his death devastating everyone in Hawaii who loved and appreciated him. But no one mourned him harder than his daughter, Dayna Ho Henry, who had cared for Don Ho in his last days. Within a week, she had also died. As hard as that was for the family, the ...

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How to Detect and Report a Meth Lab

Although the War on Drugs has been raging for decades, law enforcement agencies are no closer to winning than they were back in the 80s. If anything, drug activity has escalated as dealers and users learn how to better disguise their elicit practices, thus avoiding detection. One of the best ways that we as a ...

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History of Methamphetamines: The Need for Speed

We are facing a methamphetamine crisis. According to the National Institute on Drug Use and Health, 12.3 million Americans, aged 12 and older have used meth at least once. In a Monitoring The Future study in 2004, it was found that 6.2% of high school seniors, and 10.3% of 10th graders reported use of this ...

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A Day in the Life of a Methamphetamine Addict

What need is there for alarm clocks when we never slept anyway? My day would usually begin around 72 hours before the morning light became noticed, and I was routinely surprised by the site of it: “My God, is it morning?” The revelation would then create cause to “burn one,” yet again, as did almost ...