{"id":1007,"date":"2015-09-22T15:10:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T07:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgesofhopeblog.wordpress.com\/?p=964"},"modified":"2015-09-22T15:10:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T07:10:01","slug":"deadly-drug-the-short-term-and-long-term-effects-of-meth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/deadly-drug-the-short-term-and-long-term-effects-of-meth\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Drug: The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Meth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people try meth for a variety of reasons. However, they go back to it for only one thing: they like how it makes them feel.<\/p>\n<p>Meth has long attracted and magnetized users of all ages, social status, gender, and culture all over the world because of the feel-good effect it brings the users. They would describe the feeling as a sudden rush of pleasure that lasts for several minutes, then a feeling of euphoria that can last from six to twelve hours.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T-duk-PiIXo&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Simply put, it&#8217;s very easy to get hooked on meth, especially because it is almost everywhere here in our country, and can be obtained at a relatively cheap price. However, unknown to many, the\u00a0<strong>real price\u00a0<\/strong>of meth happens within their minds and bodies, as well as their families and communities. Let&#8217;s take a look at the long-term and short-term effects that this drug, also known as\u00a0<em>shabu<\/em>, brings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short-term impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After that first &#8220;hit&#8221; meth almost instantaneously creates a false sense of well-being, energy, and confidence. You may often feel so strong and uninhibited that you will push your body beyond the limits that it can normally go. Afterwards, you will experience a severe &#8220;crash&#8221; which is a physical and mental breakdown as meth&#8217;s effects wear off.<\/p>\n<p>Meth decreases your body&#8217;s perception or feelings of hunger, sleepiness, and exhaustion.\u00a0he following are the short-term effects of meth:<\/p>\n<p>Loss of appetite<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature<\/li>\n<li>Dilation of pupils<\/li>\n<li>Disturbed sleep patterns<\/li>\n<li>Nausea<\/li>\n<li>Bizarre, erratic, sometimes violent behavior<\/li>\n<li>Hallucinations, hyperexcitability, irritability<\/li>\n<li>Panic and psychosis<\/li>\n<li>Convulsions, seizures and death from high doses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Long-term damage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the long-run, meth can cause irreversible damage to the brain and the body of meth users, which can be obvious on their appearance. The following are the long-term effects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Permanent damage to blood vessels of heart and brain, high blood pressure leading to heart attacks, strokes and death<\/li>\n<li>Liver, kidney and lung damage<\/li>\n<li>Destruction of tissues in nose if sniffed<\/li>\n<li>Respiratory (breathing) problems if smoked<\/li>\n<li>Infectious diseases and abscesses if injected<\/li>\n<li>Malnutrition, weight loss<\/li>\n<li>Severe tooth decay (meth mouth)<\/li>\n<li>Disorientation, apathy, confused exhaustion<\/li>\n<li>Strong psychological dependence<\/li>\n<li>Psychosis<\/li>\n<li>Depression<\/li>\n<li>Damage to the brain similar to Alzheimer\u2019s disease,\u00a0stroke and epilepsy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Meth can cause a lot of harm to your loved one&#8217;s health, family, relationships, career, and many other aspects of his or her life. If you know your loved one is abusing meth or\u00a0<em>shabu<\/em>, seek help now, before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" style=\"text-align:center;\">Text 0917-509-8826 or Call 622-0193<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people try meth for a variety of reasons. However, they go back to it for only one thing: they&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/deadly-drug-the-short-term-and-long-term-effects-of-meth\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[18,159],"tags":[95,22,97,24,7,30,31,8,38,67,68,69,12,25,13,14,15,16,70,71],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bridgesofhope.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}