Meth treatment in Alberta

Methamphetamine (also known as Crystal Meth) is a synthetic stimulant drug used for both medicinal and recreational purposes. Like most stimulants, methamphetamine can cause a strong feeling of euphoria, thus creating the potential for addiction. Methamphetamine was first synthesized in 1919 in Japan by the chemist A. Ogata. The method of synthesis was reduction of ephedrine using red phosphorus and iodine.

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Methamphetamine is closely related to amphetamine, which was first synthesized in 1887 by Lazar Edeleanu, a Romanian chemist. Over time, the chemical's use, distribution, and place in society has changed from insignificant, to controversially beneficial, to infamous.

Methamphetamine was later distributed during World War II by the Allies and the Axis to troops, under the name Pervitin.[1] The Nazis widely distributed methamphetamine to their soldiers for use as a stimulant, particularly to SS personnel and Wehrmacht forces in the Eastern Front. Adolf Hitler received shots of methamphetamine from his personal physician, Theodore Morell.

After World War II, a massive supply of methamphetamine, formerly stockpiled by the Japanese military, became available in Japan under the street name shabu[citation needed]. The Japanese banned the drug soon after World War II, which is thought to have added to the growing yakuza activities related to illicit drug production. Today, the Japanese underworld is still associated with the drug, although its use is discouraged by strong social taboos.

With the 1950s came a rise in the legal prescription of methamphetamine to the American public. According to the 1951 edition of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (by Arthur Grollman), it was to be prescribed for "narcolepsy, post-encephalitic parkinsonism, alcoholism, ... in certain depressive states...and in the treatment of obesity."

Speed (including other stimulant drugs such as methamphetamine) was consumed by 6.1% of Albertan surveyed during their life and ecstasy by 5.1%. Less than 1% of Alberta respondents admitted the past-year use of hallucinogens, ecstasy, speed or steroids and there were no Albertan who reported the past-year use of heroin or solvents. Among Alberta students,?? 25.4% reported using one or more illegal drugs other than cannabis (e.g., magic mushrooms, ecstasy, crystal meth, stimulants, cocaine) in the last year. The use and production of methamphetamine in the province is a problem with major health, social and economic consequences. Great attention and public concern has been focused on this situation and the negative effects of methamphetamine on individuals, families and communities. Consensus from the 2004 Western Canadian Summit on Methamphetamine and the 2004 Alberta Workshop on Methamphetamine assist as an important reminder that methamphetamine cannot be contemplate in isolation, and must be dealt with in the context of other substance use and abuse.

Support is being given to 51 community drug coalitions in the province that are developing local strategies to deal with drug use. These include awareness campaigns, targeted prevention and co-ordinated law enforcement. Several local coalitions were initiated to address methamphetamine but then moved beyond focusing on one specific drug.

What are the effects of crystal meth?
The effects of any substance (including ice) differ from person to person, depending on the individual’s size, weight and health, how much and how the drug is taken, whether the person is used to taking it and whether other drugs are taken. Effects also depend on the environment in which the substance is used—such as whether the individual is alone, with others or at a party.