Dangers/effects of the drug

Physical

Emotional

Societal

-increased wakefulness

-increased physical activity

-decreased appetite (malnutrition)

-increased respiration

-rapid heart rate

-irregular heartbeat

-increased blood pressure

-increased body temperature

-tooth loss

-brain damage

-destruction of tissues and blood vessels

-seizures, strokes, deaths

-increased aggression and violence

-unhappiness without the drug

-extreme paranoia

-creation of meth labs

-increase in incarceration

-less safe for children of meth users and other people

Methamphetamine. (n.d.). Retrieved March 07, 2016, from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/methamphetamine