In which of the following ways is methamphetamine different from and more dangerous than other mood-altering substances?
a. The drug itself is highly combustible, so both makers and users have suffered severe burns when injecting it.
b. Methamphetamine helps users become more productive and energetic so people find it helpful at work and home and want to continue using it.
c. It provides more pleasurable effects more quickly than other mood-altering drugs, so persons become addicted more quickly.
d. Severe neurological changes occur in the brain very quickly, often even with the first dose.
ANS: D
Methamphetamine appears to damage the brain in ways that are different from, and more severe than, damage from using other drugs. Currently, there is a rudimentary understanding of ways it affects the brain, but it is known that profound neurological changes occur even with first administration. Methamphetamine is highly combustible, and makers have suffered severe burns when manufacturing it. The pleasurable effects of methamphetamine leads to users having increased energy, a sense of euphoria, and increased productivity. However, it also causes an increased heart rate, insomnia, excessive talking, excitation, aggressive behaviors, anxiety, convulsions, paranoia, and brain damage. Prolonged use results in tolerance and physiological dependence. Because of the physiological dependence, users may feel powerless in having a choice in whether they use the drug or not. Its increased popularity is related to it appearing in mass quantities because of the ease in which fertilizer anhydrous ammonia can be converted to methamphetamine.
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