{"id":26045,"date":"2025-04-16T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=26045"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:24:16","slug":"what-to-know-about-todays-meth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=26045","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About Today\u2019s Meth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Fentanyl overdoses have finally begun to decline over the past year, but that good news has obscured a troubling shift in illicit drug use: a nationwide surge in methamphetamine, a powerful, highly addictive stimulant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This isn\u2019t the \u201990s club drug or even the blue-white tinged crystals cooked up in \u201cBreaking Bad.\u201d As cartels keep revising lab formulas to make their product more addictive and potent, often using <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/10\/List_of_Hazardous_Chemicals_in_CDLs.pdf\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hazardous<\/a> chemicals<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/treatmentmagazine.com\/what-is-p2p-meth\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a> many experts on addiction think that today\u2019s meth is more dangerous than older versions. Here is what to know.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4a267091\">What is meth?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Meth, short for methemphetamine, is a stimulant, a category of drugs that includes cocaine. Meth is far stronger than coke, with effects that last many hours longer. It comes in pill, powder or paste form and is smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Meth jolts the central nervous system and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5050330\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">prompts the brain<\/a> to release exorbitant amounts of reinforcing, feel-good neurotransmitters such as dopamine, which help people experience euphoria and drive them to keep seeking it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Meth is an amphetamine, a category of stimulant drugs perhaps best known to the public as the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/27\/well\/mind\/adhd-adderall-ritalin-stimulant-facts.html\" title>A.D.H.D. prescription<\/a> medications Adderall and Vyvanse. Those stimulants are milder and shorter-lasting than meth but, if misused, they too can be addictive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Here is what to know.What is meth?Meth, short for methemphetamine, is a stimulant, a category of drugs that includes cocaine. Meth is far stronger than coke, with effects that last many hours longer. It comes in pill, powder or paste form and is smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.Meth jolts the central nervous system and prompts the brain to release exorbitant amounts of reinforcing, feel-good neurotransmitters such as dopamine, which help people experience euphoria and drive them to keep seeking it.Meth is an amphetamine, a category of stimulant drugs perhaps best known to the public as the A.D.H.D. prescription medications Adderall and Vyvanse. Those stimulants are milder and shorter-lasting than meth but, if misused, they too can be addictive.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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