On Maui, children have been found starving because their parents were using all of their money to buy drugs instead of food. Parents and grandparents have been assaulted by angry ice-addicted family members. Wives, girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends have been beaten by their ice-addicted partners. Children in ice-using families get little or no attention, are becoming violent themselves and are doing poorly in school. Pregnancy Effects Pregnant mothers who use ice are forcing their unborn babies to use ice, too.
Babies born to addicted mothers show signs of shortened attention spans and violent rages.
It makes them forget their problems. Covering up old physical, emotional or sexual abuse. A dealer offered it for free to get him or her hooked. In 1997, 4.4 percent of high school seniors had used crystal methamphetamine at least once in their lifetimes - an increase from 2.7 percent in 1990. Data show that 2.3 percent of seniors reported past year use of crystal methamphetamine in 1997 - an increase from 1.3 percent in 1990.