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		<title>Methamphetamine</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug that attacks the nervous system. Methamphetamine is one of the newest drugs that is most commonly abused in the present. &#8220;Meth&#8221;, as the drug is also called, has one of the highest level of potential for abuse. Meth can be taken in a number of different ways. Methamphetamine can be &#8230; <a href="http://www.menotmeth.org/methamphetamine.html">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug that attacks the nervous system.  Methamphetamine is one of the newest drugs that is most commonly abused in the present.  &#8220;Meth&#8221;, as the drug is also called, has one of the highest level of potential for abuse.  Meth can be taken in a number of different ways.  Methamphetamine can be taken by orally, by smoking, through snorting, or needle injection.  It is made up of a crystaline powder, thus its other surname, &#8220;crystal meth.&#8221;  In addition to the nervous system, methamphetamine is a drug that highly affects the brain as well.  It highly affects the state of the brain chemical, dopamine.  Due to the chemical imbalance of dopamine in the brain, this often serves as the root to the meth addiction.  In addition to our motor functions, dopamine is the chemical in the brain that is highly related to the desires and the pleasures that we experience.</p>
<p>Meth is also said to affect your capacity to listen.  When methamphetamine abuse occurs, your ability to listen and comprehend is highly jeopardized.  Meth also has the potential to affect the way that you express yourself.  Due to the mal-activity that is going on in the brain, this may cause a person&#8217;s emotions to go array.  Methamphetamine attacks the brain in a number of many other ways.  Meth can also have an effect on a person&#8217;s capability to think.  As a result, it can potentially attack a person&#8217;s reasoning skills.  Methamphetamine also has the ability to damage a person&#8217;s memory.</p>
<p>Methamphetamine is treated in a number of ways, but what currently seems to be the most effective mode of treatment for meth addiction is cognitive-behavioral treatment.  This type of meth abuse treatment is aimed at attacking the symptoms that are associated with the taking of the drug.  It is designed to improve the thought pattern and motor skills so that a person is more attainable to reach the goal of overcoming the addiction.  This type of meth treatment is a twelve step program.  There is currently no medication that is available to treat people to overcome their meth addiction, so the methamphetamine treatment is therapy counseling based.  It includes cognitive therapy, behavior therapy, individual counseling, group counseling, and drug testing.  Since there are currently no drugs that are available to help with the process, methamphetamine addicts have to put their best foot forward, and use the support of the staff in order to free their addiction.</p>
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		<title>Drug Abuse</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug abuse can be defined as when a person repeatedly uses a mood altering substance in order to support their addiction to the drug. People abuse drugs One of the key distinctions that fits the characterization of that are of illegal consumption, or are sold in prescription medical form.drug abuse is the fact that the &#8230; <a href="http://www.menotmeth.org/drug-abuse.html">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_28" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://www.menotmeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/shutterstock_17785492.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-28" title="Drug Abuse" src="http://www.menotmeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/shutterstock_17785492.jpg" alt="Drug Abuse" width="500" height="335" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Drug Abuse</p></div>
<p>Drug abuse can be defined as when a person repeatedly uses a mood altering substance in order to support their addiction to the drug. People abuse drugs One of the key distinctions that fits the characterization of that are of illegal consumption, or are sold in prescription medical form.drug abuse is the fact that the substance is not being used for its intended purpose. Another distinction to make about although many drugs may have mood altering effects, they are not always taken for that purpose. For instance, there are some drugs, such as steroids, that are not taken specifically to alter a mood or disposition. People will usually abuse drugs such as this when they would like to achieve a certain body type, and/or they would like to have a more competitive stance over others.</p>
<p>Drug abuse, by definition has evolved over the years to many. This is because some believe that those that abuse drugs have to abuse drugs that are seen as illegal, or a harmful drug in their eyes. In the past, there are some that were known to abuse drugs, but it was not considered as such because they believed that drug abuse could not occur in those that were using the substance for medicinal purposes. For example, the earliest instances of those that would abuse drugs for medicinal purposes were those that were addicted to methamphetamine for their medical conditions. Another example of those that are deemed to be guilty of drug abuse, but are of a group that has a high percentage of its members that do not believe that they abuse drugs are those that smoke marijuana. They take on the point of view that they do not have a drug abuse issue because they do not believe that marijuana is an addictive drug, or that it is a dangerous substance. Nonetheless, whether a person that smokes marijuana feels that they abuse drugs or not, there are harmful effects that are associated with the drug, such as trouble with learning and memory, hallucinations, problems with perception, increased heart rate, disorientation, and lung infections.</p>
<p>Alcohol is also a major contender for drug abuse. There are some that will attest to the point that they do not abuse drugs wholeheartedly, even if they abuse alcohol. To some, it is believed in order to be deemed as a person that tends to abuse drugs, the drug can not be in a liquid form. They certainly do not believe that drug abuse is related to a substance that is sold over the counter in liquor stores. This type of drug abuse can give off just as many harmful effects as any other drug there is. Alcoholism is known for having dangerous characteristics that exude intense cravings for the substance, loss of control, including a high chance for participating in violent acts or feeling extreme depression.</p>
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