Current Approaches A Proposal for Change Physiological Effects and Methods of Manufacture Back To Top Methamphetamine is a synthetic organic compound in the amine family. Initially users feel powerful and energized. Then they become irritable, easily angered, aggressive and eventually, exhausted. Methamphetamine is an extremely addictive drug. Its continued use causes extensive damage to the users liver, kidneys and the cardio-vascular system.
Users lose teeth and develop skin lesions.
They sometimes go for days without sleep, become emaciated and are easily susceptible to other diseases. Their judgment suffers. The drug also causes psychological symptoms. For instance, users often become paranoid and delusional as well as irrationally violent. Manufacture of methamphetamine has evolved over the past ten years.