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- The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.Friedrich Nietzsche,Human, all too human.[1]'Ice' (also known as 'crystal meth' and by many other names) is a common name given to the crystal form of the drug known as methamphetamine. Ice can be smoked or injected. Other forms of methamphetamine are known as 'speed' and 'base'.Methamphetamine was first synthesised in Japan in 1893. During World War II, it was widely distributed to American, German and Japanese soldiers in order to increase their alertness and stave off fatigue. In recent decades, methamphetamine was sold as over-the-counter or prescription medicine used to treat various disorders; today it is still sometimes used as a prescription drug to treat ADHD, narcolepsy and obesity. It has been a popular recreational drug in many countries since the 1970s.Ice use is a growing problem. Tens of millions of people worldwide use some kind of methamphetamine.[2][3][4]Ice can be highly ad