Crystal Meth

It concerns me how many people I’ve known that have got hooked on one type of drug or another. The really big problem is that people are missing the big picture.

I’ve hung out sure. Mainly just knew people that already left the life. One person I talked to was explaining something I never heard before. Most of the drugs like crystal meth and speed are not so much uppers as they open up people’s lungs to breathe better. It was an odd thought. Then today I was reminded of how drugs treatments go. They take away the drug. But what if the addiction is really caused by not being able to breathe. That means when a person stops, they start losing brain cells.

It’s all interconnected. There hasn’t been enough research into these things and I’m afraid people are dying from inadequate treatments. I think of my old friends a lot and someone I knew got into it to lose weight and be popular. I don’t want her to go brain dead. It seems to me, taking other similar drugs like sinus medicine, asthma inhalers and other products to keep the air coming in is better. Even now they are finding smoking is so addictive because it is easy to breathe. It stops being so easy after awhile, so having another cigarette. Personally exercise is great. It has kept my smoking habit in check. After five minutes of exercise it is aerobic. That means more air for me.

You know it, seems like a lot more people would care about researching drugs by finding the chemical associations and what it really does for people before making a treatment. Do they really get samples from people’s stash or even ask? Do they do blood tests for other diseases? It seems like it is all based on hear say. I don’t use drugs and someone asked me what I think is in it. I said, “I don’t know.” But even someone using doesn’t know what’s in it. This whole thing is stupid and Pissing me Off.

Here are some links:

First there is asthma inhalers. Both Crystal and Meth show up.

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/albut1.htm

The second part is meth-amphetamine. “Current U.S. law limits amphetamine treatment to attention deficit disorder or hyperactivity, and narcolepsy, a condition in which someone suddenly falls asleep during daily activities.”

http://www.fsrdrugtest.com/resources/amphetamines_stimulants.htm

Ephedrine is often used as an amphetamine substitute. “Herbal usage in the United States has increased dramatically since the passage of the DSHEA. In 1997, 60 million Americans spent $3.24 billion on herbs for reasons such as migraines, hypertension, depression, weight loss, and sexual stamina. An estimated 15 million adults are at risk for potential herb-drug interactions.”

http://www.ephedrine-ephedra.com/pages/ephedrine_FDA_456.html

Here is an awful site that just knows something is wrong but doesn’t have the balls to figure out what it is.

http://www.kci.org/meth_info/links.htm