Title: Cooking With Meth:
1Cooking With Meth
- How to Burn Your Brain Simply, Quickly, and
Forever
2Come ontry it and you are on your way to
being hooked on nicotine and a host of other,
stronger drugs that kill your brain and, finally,
YOU!
3Alcohol use is not a rite of passage it is a
passage leading to addiction.
4The younger the onset of alcohol use, the higher
the chance the user has of becoming addicted
5Marijuana plant
6Marijuana is a gateway drug because it affects
your brain in the same way that stronger drugs
do, it makes you high and you start thinking its
safe to use drugs.
7Marijuana breaks the ice by removing the
barrier of fear and hesitancy to try stronger
drugs. It creates an appetite for stronger drugs
and a tolerance for the side effects.
8A joint has as much cancer-causing tar as four
cigarettes. Pot can also be addictive.
9Even short-term marijuana use has been linked to
memory loss and difficulty with problem solving.
10The next step after marijuana use is usually use
of methamphetamine or another strong drug.
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12Some meth is made with red phosphorous (Hi-Red)
and some with anhydrous ammonia (Nazi)
13Sometimes methamphetamine looks like ice
crystals. That is why it is called ice.
14Some people who use methamphetamine start
injecting it into their veins and this causes an
even more powerful addiction
15Start injecting meth and very soon you will need
to inject it every two hours because you will
feel so bad when it wears off.
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16- The part of your brain which enables you to make
good decisions is first anesthetized and then
destroyed - You become addicted
17Look at the brain damage done after only four
days of doing meth
18But whatever the reason for starting to use
drugs, the result is the same
19What Methamphetamine is made out of
- Battery acid
- Anhydrous ammonia
- Kerosene
- Red Devil Lye
- Antifreeze
- Hydrochloric acid
- Coleman fuel
- Red phosphorus
- Iodine
- Drain Cleaner
20Most of the chemicals used in making
methamphetamine would kill you if you ate or
drank them
21Organic solvents like paint thinner, acetone and
camper fuel are chemicals used to make meth
22Acids, such as sulfuric acid, found in starter
fluid, is also used to make meth. If you
swallow sulfuric acid, it eats holes in your
mouth and throat.
23This woman used meth to help her be thin and to
give her energyand it didbut when it got her
into trouble she couldnt quit and she died!
24In the 1950s people in the U.S. started taking
prescription diet pills which were really
methamphetamine
25The pictures say it all
26This is a methamphetamine lab parents were
operating in their childrens bedroom.
27When children are rescued from meth labs, they
must leave everything behindclothing,
toyseverything. And they must go to a hospital
to be decontaminated.
28Physical, emotional, verbal and sexual abuse and
neglect are common in homes where the adults use
methamphetamine.
29April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
- But dont wait until April to report child abuse.
- Anyone suspecting child abuse must report it
immediately. Professionals must report child
abuse within 48 hours or face a stiff fine and
legal repercussions. - The phone number to report child abuse is
- 1-800-252-5400.
- If you suspect methamphetamine or other drugs are
involved, be sure to report this when you call
it will increase the chances of the case being
investigated quickly.