Phase 2 Habitual use. Within weeks or months, users begin to lose weight. Nervousness, anxiety and repetitiveness are noticeable. Phase 3 Chronic abuse. User experiences paranoid thoughts, heightened sensitivity to sound, mistrust of people, and quick temper.
Minor irritations can provoke rage.
Phase 4 Long-term abuse. Delusions and paranoia dominate the user s thoughts. He or she experiences a total break with reality, hears voices and hallucinates. Mental and biological damage can cause permanent brain dysfunction or death. Individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole are suffering a rising cycle of violence perpetrated by meth addicts.