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Methamphetamine accounts for 84% of illegal drug use in Japan and has a relatively high street value in the country (around 10 times the street value in production regions). [18] Netherlands: Unenforced: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Methamphetamine is not approved for medical use in The Netherlands. It falls under Schedule I of the Opium Act. [19]
The Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 is a bill enacted into law (Pub. L. 104–237 (text)) by the 104th Congress of the United States. It mandated registration of persons trading in list I chemicals from the DEA list of chemicals. [1] A fee for such registration was initially $595 but later reduced to $116.
Methamphetamine is FDA approved for the treatment of ADHD and exogenous obesity. It is dispensed in the USA under the trademark name "Desoxyn" [22] and manufactured by Ovation Pharmaceuticals. [23] The levorotary form of methamphetamine, called levomethamphetamine, is an over-the-counter drug used in nasal decongestants inhalers. [24]
Methamphetamine may decrease the effects of sedatives and depressants and increase the effects of antidepressants and other stimulants as well. [26] Methamphetamine may counteract the effects of antihypertensives and antipsychotics owing to its effects on the cardiovascular system and cognition respectively. [26]
3,4-Methyl enedioxy methamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (tablet form), and molly (crystal form), [19] [20] is an empathogen–entactogenic drug with stimulant and minor psychedelic properties.
[23] [24] [25] For comparison, levoamphetamine is only 1- to 4-fold less potent than dextroamphetamine in its stimulating and reinforcing effects in monkeys and humans. [19] [26] The effects of levmetamfetamine are qualitatively distinct relative to those of racemic methamphetamine and dextromethamphetamine and it does not possess the same ...
Since the early 2000s, the European Union (EU) has developed several comprehensive and multidisciplinary strategies as part of its drug policy in order to prevent the diffusion of recreational drug use and abuse among the European population and raise public awareness on the adverse effects of drugs among all member states of the European Union ...
Crystal methamphetamine (most commonly, colloquially known as "crystal meth" or "ice") and free base forms of amphetamine are sufficiently volatile substances and this allows them to be vaporized by high heat (i.e. using a lighter) and the fumes are inhaled (or "smoked") from glass paraphernalia known as base pipes (most commonly, colloquially ...