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Article: Danger on "ice". (methamphetamine)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- December 1, 1992
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Twenty years ago, it was "speed." Today, there's "ice." What are they? What is the difference? Is "ice" safer, more dangerous, or just different?
Both are methamphetamines. First, let's look at what the drug is, chemically. Methamphetamine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. It acts on the brain, causing feelings of alertness and well-being. These feelings are the "high," the reason some start taking this type of drug and become addicted to it. In addition, methamphetamine can cause a physical dependence, which is why people continue to take it to prevent withdrawal from the drug.
The feelings from "ice" are very much the same as those from ...
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... ... MOINES (AP) - A new kind of methamphetamine that has wreaked havoc in Hawaii ... smokable, crystallized form of methamphetamine, known as ice, is being seen in increasing ... Enforcement. "I'm afraid the ice age has come," he said ...
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