After writing promotional content for non-profit organizations and healthcare professionals for 25 years, Karen turned her focus to drug addiction and recovery. She spent two years working in the trenches in a Narconon drug rehab center and two more years at Narconon International with their drug information services. For nearly two decades, she has followed the trends of drug abuse, addiction and drug trafficking around the world, as well as changes in the field of addiction treatment. As a result of her constant research, she has produced more than two million words of educational and informative material on drug use and recovery so those who are addicted and their families can find lasting solutions. She gives talks and presentations to educate and inform those interested in countering substance use and arming people with educational tools to improve their communities. She continues to travel across the United States to learn the experiences and opinions of individuals related to substance abuse and recovery.
Methamphetamine (often called meth) is a powerfully addictive stimulant that dramatically affects the central nervous system. The drug is easily made in clandestine laboratories. While at one time, meth was “cooked” in small labs all over America, criminal organizations have taken over production. They use their long-established drug trafficking channels to bring supplies of methamphetamine to every corner of the U.S.
When methamphetamine is further refined and allowed to crystallize, that final product is referred to as “ice” or “crystal meth." In either powder or crystal form, meth is a powerful and addictive stimulant sold on the illicit market. In other instances substances may be added to the meth to increase the weight and cause it to look like crystal.
Historically, concerns about methamphetamine have taken a back seat to concerns about cocaine, amphetamine or MDMA because methamphetamine had lower numbers of trafficking and use.2 That may be changing. Several signs now point to an increase in the availability of this drug, including the dismantling of many more production facilities in more countries than in previous years.
Few drugs are as quickly addictive and physically damaging as methamphetamine. For some people, one use can set up cravings that drive them back to the drug again and again, until they finally lose everything to addiction. At the same time, it takes a terrible toll on their health, stressing the heart, arteries, veins, kidneys, brain and the nervous system.
Few drugs are as quickly addictive and physically damaging as methamphetamine. For some people, one use can set up cravings that drive them back to the drug again and again, until they finally lose everything to addiction. At the same time, it takes a terrible toll on their health, stressing the heart, arteries, veins, kidneys, brain and the nervous system.
Narconon helps people trapped in the dwindling spiral of marijuana abuse take back their lives and live drug free. Find out how we can help you beat an addiction to marijuana.
This group of drugs referred to as synthetic cannabinoids is called that because they act in the brain somewhat like cannabinoids. That’s where any association with cannabis ends. These drugs were never grown in a field, they were synthesized in a lab.
It is difficult to tell how many people are addicted to marijuana for a few reasons. One is that some people who use marijuana also use other drugs, or they begin with marijuana use and progress to the use of more potent, more highly addictive drugs. Another reason is the growing acceptability of marijuana use, especially in states where use is legal.
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When we think of drug addiction and alcoholism, our thoughts generally always turn to the addiction itself and all the problems that stem from that unbreakable habit: the unhealthy lifestyle, strained family relations, legal troubles, and so on.
Once you have identified addiction as the problem that is tearing up family relationships, finances, health and more, it is almost always up to the family to choose the rehab, work out how to cover the cost and ensure the individual starts the program.
There’s a series of photographs that are broadly available on the internet called The Faces of Meth. These photos show plainly, shockingly, appallingly, the utter destruction wreaked by the street drug methamphetamine .
You don’t have to just let them go on their route to destruction. Narconon can help you bring them back to health and life if you act now, before any further harm can come to them.
The stereotypical image of a methamphetamine user is someone who is agitated, nervous, paranoid and artificially energetic, always moving from place to place in a manic manner.
Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive drugs on the illicit market. For some people, it may take only one or two uses of meth to be hit by intense cravings for more of the drug. In addition to being one of the most addictive drugs, it is also one of the most damaging.
It is possible to recover from meth addiction. When someone is addicted to methamphetamine, it can seem like they may never come back. In many cases, methamphetamine changes a person so drastically that there is little resemblance to the person you once knew and still love.
Methamphetamine is, without a doubt, one of the most addictive and dangerous drugs available. It does not even carry with it a veneer of being glamorous or cool, so devastating are the effects of using it.
Narconon helps those trapped in the dwindling spiral of alcohol addiction to recover their sobriety and live alcohol-free. Find out how Narconon can help you or someone you love recover from alcohol abuse.
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Fentanyl's rise as the dominant opioid stems from its low cost, potency, synthetic formula, and deceptive tactics by traffickers. Now tied to 75% of overdose deaths, its prevalence highlights the urgent need for action to save any person who might encounter this drug.
