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She appeared at the 68th session of the United States Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., in 2000 with President Clinton and others to discuss social and law enforcement dangers of the drug nationally, especially in medium-sized and rural communities in order to deal with "the rapidly emerging issue of meth in America ...
A suspected case of meth mouth. Methamphetamine users, particularly heavy users, may lose their teeth abnormally quickly, regardless of the route of administration, from a condition informally known as meth mouth. [48] The condition is generally most severe in users who inject the drug, rather than swallow, smoke, or inhale it. [48]
Regular meth users say online platforms have fundamentally changed the experience of using, worsening parts of an already blazing global meth addiction problem.
Meth users may experience body temperatures as high as 110 before they die. Survivors of hyperthermia, the scientific term for having a severely high body temperature, may still suffer from ...
Meth is the bigger killer, a new government report shows. Nationwide, most deaths still involve opioid drugs like fentanyl and heroin. But in 2017, the stimulant meth was the drug most frequently ...
Providing dental treatment to individuals who use methamphetamine can be dangerous, because the potential combination of local anesthetic and methamphetamine can cause serious heart problems. [13] There is also an increased risk of serious side effects if opioid medications are used in the patient's treatment.
For meth users with a history of heart disease, this increases the risk of fatal outcomes. Meth use also has been shown to cause long-lasting changes in the brain, with impacts on cognition ...
Under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 the sale, transport, possession and transport of methamphetamine, commonly known as "shabu", "meth" or "ice" in the country, is illegal. The law states that possession is punishable by life imprisonment to death penalty (although death penalty has been abolished in the country) and a fine ...