Methamphetamine

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Methamphetamine

• Liam OBrien

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Meth conference Prague
Sept 15/16th 2008
Sponsored by Tallaght Local Drugs Task Force
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Local custom is to put a shilling in the hole of
the statue and put it outdoors to guarantee good
weather for a wedding.
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Astronomical Clock
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Bohemian Glass
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Prague 1968

• The Prague Spring was a rising against Communism
  under which the Czechs were ruled since World War
  II

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Middle of Europe and member EU
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Meth is found as a powder or crystal
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Names
Methamphetamine
Crystal Meth
Ice
ATS
Meth
Pervitin
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High lasts from ½ hour to a day or more
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Go on for days and then crash
Sleep for days
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Vapourising
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• Obtain a standard light bulb.
• -With plyers. Pry and cut off that little
  Metalalic Circle thing on the end of the bulb
  that makes contact with the lamp, etc.
• -With plyers Smash and remove all Ceramic shit
  that encased the piece you just snipped off.
• -With wire cutters or heavy-duty scirrors snip
  the Thin metal piece that has the gvoves in (the
  part which screews in). Snip it in About 4-6
  places as far down into the bulb as you can.
• -Bend the pieces you just snipped -Outward-.
• -With some sharp object or plyers clean out all
  that insulator shit, It will break off like
  crumbling a piece of dirt. -You should se alittle
  Glass thing hollow like, and inside you notice
  the filament.
• with Needlenose plyers carefully squeeze this
  piece, hearing a crunch and the sound of breaking
  glass.
• The Outside bulb should not break. Do this in all
  directions to free a hole.
• -With the plyers, and cutters -scissors- remove
  the filament and all other crap in the bulb, by
  turing it upside down and dumping.
• -Next is the most imporant part. And you must be
  very carefull. I have fucked up sooo many times
  and have had to re-start the whole process again.

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Smoking Meth
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Recipe for Crystal meth
1 2 Liter Bottle (with cap) 1 1 Liter Bottle
(get 2 caps for it) 1 20 oz. Bottle (with cap)
1 Quart Jar 2 ft. 1/4in. diameter
rubber/plastic hose (aquarium hose works good)
Coffee Filters 1 Funnel 1 Tubing Cutter (go to
Home Depot) 2 Plyers 1 Roll of Ductape or
Electrical Tape 1 Blender or Food Processor 200
60mg Pseudophedrine HCL pills (Actifed, Sudafed,
Suphedrine, etc.) 1 1/2 cups Ammonium Nitrate
fertilizer (33-0-0) 3 cans starting fluid 3 AA
Energizer Lithuim Batteries 1 bottle Red Devil
brand Lye 2 caps of water (use the top off the 2
liter) 1 box Iodized Salt 1 bottle Liquid Fire
brand drain opener
200 60mg Pseudophedrine HCL pills (Actifed,
Sudafed, Suphedrine, etc.)
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some examples of labs
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They are called cooks and they do it in the
kitchen
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MSM
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• The effect of an IV hit of methamphetamine
• is the equivalent of 10 orgasms all on top of
  each other
• lasting for 30 minutes to an hour,
• with a feeling of arousal that lasts for another
  day and a half,"

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• Meth eventually destroys the sex drive,
• but for a short while it can boost sexual
  appetite and performance more powerfully
• than drugs such as cocaine, doctors say.

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Medical use
alcoholism
obesity
narcolepsy
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Treatment
MIT
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CBT
12-step facilitation
contingency management
structure
Relapse prevention
alcohol and drug testing
education
family involvement
services delivered in a motivational
interviewing style
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History
World War II
After WWII left over supplies
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Motorcycle gangs
lorry drivers to stay awake
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Spread to young professionals
college students
women
minorities
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recent story in USA
meth capital USA 1989 meth capital USA 2000
North Carolina 9 lab bursts 1999 177 in 2003
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EUROPE
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took off big time
peaked
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2008
31,000 problem drug users
20,000 are meth users
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2001 - 2006 eleven fold increase in Meth activity
3 fold increase in speed
The fear of the spread of meth use has
not materialised across Europe so far 2008
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But becoming a problem in
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1 problem drug users meth users in 2002
42 in 2007
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Likely problem users
Polydrug users such as those in methadone
treatment
Crack users since meth is a cheaper and better
high
Homeless
People in prostitution
Benzo users
GLBT
Refugees/asylum seekers
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Tallaght
Cushlawn
Tymon north
Kilnamanagh
40 rock and half in size
Dealer does heroin, crack and crystal meth
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Message from conference
Its got a grip on the minds of people who are
trying to save the world
Its the most hyped thing yet
It can be treated like any other addiction and
just as successfully.
Its the next drug to launch itself at the most
vulnerable group in society
It is not instantly addictive
Its the devils own plague on society
Its a modern day plague like Moses visited on
the Egyptians