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Meth Users Involved in Violence, Sexual Risk-Taking: Study

...ng adults reported use in the past year of crystal meth in 2001- 2002, according to a new nationally repre...nts nearly 3 percent of the U.S. population. Among meth users, there is a strong link to alcohol and other drug use, the study found. Additionally, the fi...

Canadian Court Rules Grocery Shops can Sell Cold Medications Containing Pseudoephedrine

... little to combat the problem, since the number of meth labs dismantled in Ontario doubled in the months s...upplies from Canada. In the process the Canadian meth lab industry too started to boom, and outlaw motorcycle gangs, Asian crime groups and independent tr...

Alarming Rise of Methamphetamine Use Among Australian Youth

...moke marijuana at the same time. This mixing of meth with cocaine or ecstasy can increase the probability of heart attacks or can even cause severe dehydration. Nicole Lee Head of Clinical Research at drug research and treatment center. Turning Point says "Using drugs comes with a lot of risks, so i...

Amphetamine, Cocaine Use Increase Risk of Stroke in Young Adults

...and chief of epidemiology at UT Southwestern. “And meth seems to be increasing as the preferred drug of ab... first study large enough to confirm the link that meth kills by causing strokes. We hope that our findings will lead to getting the word out to young peopl...

Moms to be, beware of meth - It can hamper growth and development in your babies

...ne users who inevitably convey the poisonous toxic meth chemicals to their unborn fetus , has crossed //da...of the study, the adverse reactions of exposure to meth for the unborn children through expectant mothers is unknown to many, but off late insights have sho...

Methamphetamine causes severe oral health damage

...ized by rampant tooth decay and teeth described by meth users as blackened, stained, rotting, crumbling or... Brandjord explains, "The extensive tooth decay of meth mouth is attributed to the drug's dry-mouth effect and its propensity to cause cravings for high-cal...

Anabolic Steroids for Today’s Young Me

...come more prevalent although the predicted crystal meth epidemic had failed to materialize. NLA...

Meth Use Increases Risk Of Underweight Babies

...Center for the Study of Children at Risk said that meth is 'now the problematic drug of choice in the West...study. The women were questioned whether they used meth and researchers checked up on the information. Around 84 women took the drug, and 1,534 did not take...

Meth Addiction On The Rise, US Health Authorities Concerned

...for treatment of the same. In view of the global meth threat, it is high time that the scientific community devises some effective strategy to combat methamphetamine drug addiction that continues to be a significant challenge....

Government To Clamp Down On Crystal Meth

...c Allergy Decongestant and Contac Cold. Crystal meth is an additive substance which is rapidly gaining in popularity, and contains pseudoephedrine and ephedrine. Retailers and the producers of cold medicines have however faulted the ban, as biker gangs are reported to be controlling the commercial labs...

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