Who uses yaba? Who uses yaba?

What does yaba look like? What does yaba look like?

What is yaba? What is yaba?

How is yaba used? How is yaba used?

What are the risks? What are the risks?

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What is yaba?What does yaba look like?How is yaba used?

Yaba is a combination of methamphetamine (a powerful and addictive

stimulant) and caffeine. Yaba, whichmeans crazy medicine in Thai, isproduced in Southeast and East Asia.The drug is popular in Asian communities in the United States andincreasingly is available at raves andtechno parties.

Yaba is sold as tablets. These

tablets are generally no larger than apencil eraser. They are brightly colored, usually reddish-orange or green.Yaba tablets typically bear one of avariety of logos; R and WY arecommon logos.

Yaba tablets typically are consumed

orally. The tablets sometimes areflavored like candy (grape, orange, or

vanilla). Another common method iscalled chasing the dragon. Users placethe yaba tablet on aluminum foil andheat it from below. As the tablet melts,vapors rise and are inhaled. The drugalso may be administered by crushingthe tablets into powder, which is thensnorted or mixed with a solvent andinjected.

It is difficult to determine the scope

of yaba use in the United Statesbecause most data sources do notdistinguish yaba from other forms ofmethamphetamine. Yaba has emergedas a drug of abuse in Asian communities in the United States, specifically inNorthern California and in Los Angeles.

Yaba also is becoming increasingly

popular at raves, techno parties, andother venues where the drug MDMA(3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine,typically called ecstasy) is used. Drugdistributors deliberately market yaba toyoung people, many of whom havealready tried MDMA. The bright colorsand candy flavors of yaba tablets areexamples of distributors’ attempts toappeal to young people.

Individuals who use yaba face the

same risks as users of other forms ofmethamphetamine: rapid heart rate,increased blood pressure, and damageto the small blood vessels in the brain

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