In reference to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, “Krabbe Disease is a rare, inherited degenerative disease” (NINDS.nih.gov). It is diagnosed when a presence of globoid cells is found. Those are cells with more than one nucleus. A nucleus acts as the brain of the cell where all the action happens. This disease breaks down the coating of nerve fibers or axons, those are called Myelin Sheath. This disease also breaks down brain cells, which are imperative for everyday functioning and intelligence. Symptoms of this disease include, developmental mental delay, seizures, stiff limbs, Optic atrophy: wasting of a muscle of the eye, resulting in vision difficulties, deafness, irritability, spasms, and ataxia which is the …show more content…
“According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in 2004, an estimated 12 million persons aged 12 and older (4.9% of US persons aged 12 or older) had used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime and 600,000(.2% of the US population) had used it during the past month” (2007, CDC.gov, para 8).
Methamphetamine, which is also called meth, chalk, glass, and ice, is an extremely addictive stimulant drug that is chemically similar to amphetamine. “It takes the form of a white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder” (2014,Drugabuse.gov/methamphetamine, para 1).
I found that meth is produced by ephedrine or pseudoephedrine (commonly known as Sudafed) with products such as battery acid, iodine crystals, battery acid, red phosphorous and ammonia. It can be produced into, powder, liquid, glass or clear rock (2007,CDC.gov, para
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I appreciated the CDC website a little more as it was thoroughly written to inform the reader. The NIDA gave statistical information like drug related hospital emergency room visits, high school trends and overall nationwide statistics. However, the CDC offers more health related information that can arise out of the use of methamphetamine. It connects the use of meth with HIV/AIDS. I appreciate how the CDC displays the information in a daunting manner. Reading about meth, through the CDC made me more afraid of meth than the NIDA did. The NIDA also contains a note section that contains other information and studies that are very helpful in bringing the reality of meth use to the reader. The CDC does not directly have a website platform for meth as does NIDA. It is disappointing that the CDC, a leader in health information, for the US, does not have a page informing the population of the effects of methamphetamines. With how problematic and destructive meth is, across the United States, one would assume that the CDC would cover the subject, in its
Three things I found interesting about the Methadone treatment is: 1. In the video a man said that all they are given is another drug without therapy or counseling even though research suggests that methadone maintenance programs are most effective when combined with things like psychotherapy and family therapy. 2. Another man in the video said that the withdrawal symptoms while using methadone were worse than when he tried to quit using heroin by stopping completely. It seems then that methadone has terrible side effects that might discourage those trying to treat a heroin addiction.
The government went from ignoring the problem to being very alarmed. The Combat Methamphetamine Act was passed in September 2006 (Reding, P. 67). This was to attempt decreasing the supplies, so the meth would be harder to produce but it did the opposite. It created a new formula for meth that
As the number of meth users grew in Montana, Thomas and Stacey Siebel decided action need to be taken. As a result the, Montana Meth Project was birthed. The Montana Meth Project intended to show the public the horrors of meth use. This project used scare tactics, in the hope of steering young adults away from the substance. According to the Montana Meth Project’s official website, they were able to decrease meth use in Arizona by 65 percent, in Montana by 63 percent and Idaho by 56 percent (Montana Meth Project).
It is also typically found in people with certain ancestry such as people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage and people of Cajun heritage. Some people may have the genetic mutation but not get the disease. Common symptoms of Tay-Sachs include muscle weakness, stiff muscles, loss of muscle coordination, muscle contractions, fainting, speech problems, and mental illness. Blindness, difficulty swallowing, hearing loss, seizures, vision loss, and impaired voice are other symptoms that are common. An eye abnormality called a cherry-red spot, which can be identified with an eye examination, is also characteristic of this disorder.
Rick Rawson, a UCLA professor who studies the connection between violence and meth, informs "20/20 ABC" that meth can trigger episodes of violent behavior. " In the first weeks after you've stopped using it, the kinds of triggers that can set off an episode are completely unpredictable”. He also says how “It can be: you say a word with the wrong inflection, you touch someone on the shoulder. It's completely unpredictable as to what will set somebody off”.
He reports about criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties. Radley is also an author of a book named “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces”. This editorial is targeted to persuade lawmakers and anyone else opposing meth being legal. Lawmakers passed laws that made it more difficult to acquire pseudoephedrine because they believed it would prevent meth from being produced. Several years passed and that clearly is not the case according to several
When your tooth starts to has pain that’s from abscesses and acute nerve pain due to decay. When your gums start to hurt when you eat it comes from anug. When you start to get all the body aches, that is from infections and grinding of the teeth. Meth causes all these symptoms because they are known as central nervous system stimulants. Meth does a lot of damage to your body, for example a destructive lifestyle, poor hygiene, sugary food and drinks, and lack of sleep.
Methadone exists as two enantiomeric forms, R and S (Eap et al., 2002). The most commonly used form of methadone in maintenance treatment is the racemic mixture (RS- methadone) (Groman et al., 1997). It is the R-isoform that gives most of the opioid effects (Eap et al., 2002). Methadone exerts its analgesic and narcotic effects through the µ-OR subtype, and has antagonistic effect at the NMDA receptor (Trescot et al., 2008). The antagonistic effect at the NMDA receptor is believed to be advantageous in preventing induction of tolerance (Callahan et al., 2004).
The other side to this issue is that methadone death have increased. According the CDC (Center for Disease Control) in 2009, death from methadone increased sevenfold since 1999. They call it one of the most deadly drugs around (Boyles, 2005).
—Melanie. I got that story from Drug Free World. When taking meth and crystal meth it creates a false sense of wellness and energy. Continued use of this drug leads to decrease natural feelings of hunger, users can have extreme weight loss. Other effects are disturbed sleep patterns, increased anger, and irritability.
Meth is abused as a recreational drug (Rockvill) and is the illicit form of methamphetamine that causes very severe physical and psychological addiction problems. The signs and symptoms of this disorder are numerous and include increased physical activity, paranoia, dilated pupils, elevated heart rate, jaw clenching and depression to name a few (Miller). Some of the more noticeable visual signs include tooth decay, picking at the skin resulting in scabs, and extreme weight
Studies show a “…range from 7.1% to 29% among adults, 5.3% to 55% among college students, and 1.7% to 4.5% among adolescents” (Weyandt et al. 20). The abuse of Adderall and other ‘study drugs’ e.g.
In the popular television show Breaking Bad, the main character, Walter White, cooks and sells methamphetamine in order to leave behind money for his family after learning of his terminal lung cancer. The pilot to the series does an excellent job of portraying methamphetamine in ways that evidence suggests is true. Most illegal methamphetamine in the United States is cooked in small “stovetop” labs that may only exist for a few days in a remote location. (Drugs, Society & Human Behavior, pg. 135). Walter and Jesse Pinkman, his lowlife addict assistant, purchase an RV to drive to the remote desert region of New Mexico to cook the illicit meth.
Drugs in the U.S. The United States has the highest level of illegal drug use in the world. Americans have been reported to have the highest level of cocaine and marijuana use. An estimated twenty seven million Americans age twelve or older used an illegal drug in the past thirty days. This estimate represents eight percent of the population age twelve years old or older. Twenty two million people in the United States use illegal drugs, that’s nine percent of the U.S. population.
General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the drug abuse in the United States both throughout history and currently. Central Idea: The War on Drugs was first brought up on 1971 by Richard Milhous Nixon our 37th president. The budget to initiate the war on drugs was roughly 100,000,000 million dollars, currently as we speak for every 21 seconds a drug arrest is taking place in the United States according to drugpolicy.org.