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Methamphetamine may decrease the effects of sedatives and depressants and increase the effects of antidepressants and other stimulants as well. [25] Methamphetamine may counteract the effects of antihypertensives and antipsychotics owing to its effects on the cardiovascular system and cognition respectively. [25]
[3] [4] [5] Methamphetamine psychosis, or long-term effects of stimulant use in the brain (at the molecular level), depend upon genetics and may persist for months or years. [6] Psychosis may also result from withdrawal from stimulants, particularly when psychotic symptoms were present during use. [7]
As of 2012, methamphetamine is the most discussed illegal drug in dental literature for its extensive effect on users' dental health. [3] The teeth of some methamphetamine users appear to be dark and extensively eroded. [4] The epithet "meth mouth" is the result of these superficial presentations of advanced tooth decay and gum infection.
Jonathan Stewart died from the effects of methamphetamine April 27, according to a report from the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner. The report labeled his death an accident.
More than a month after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced the "unexpected passing" of a deputy, medical examiner records now show he died from the effects of methamphetamine.
Location of Multnomah County, Oregon. Faces of Meth was a drug prevention project, run by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] The project uses mug shots of repeat offenders to demonstrate the harmful and damaging effects of methamphetamine on its users.
The definition of ATS abuse is a maladaptive pattern of substance use manifested by recurrent and significant adverse consequences related to the repeated use of substances. [20] While dependence refers to the use of amphetamine 'accompanied by evidence of tolerance, withdrawal, or compulsive behaviour". [21]
Flickr/Myfuture.com. The graphic illustrates just how pervasive meth has become in some states. In Hawaii and Montana, meth was responsible for more than 90% of all drug offenses.