Various Real Life Facts about Methamphetamine Addiction Duluth MN

Immediately after smoking the drug or injecting it intravenously, the user experiences an intense rush or “flash” that lasts only a few minutes and is described as extremely pleasurable. Snorting or oral ingestion produces euphoria — a high but not an intense rush. Snorting produces effects within 3 to 5 minutes, and oral ingestion produces effects within 15 to 20 minutes.As with similar stimulants, methamphetamine most often is used in a “binge and crash” pattern.

Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
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1402 East Superior Street
Duluth, MN
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(218) 727-0504x151
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Duluth, MN
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(218) 727-7699
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(218) 786-0223
14 East Central Entrance
Duluth, MN
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HDC
(715) 392-8216
39 North 25th Street East
Superior, WI
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Duluth, MN
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Howard Friese Memorial Halfway House
(218) 723-8444
1520 East 2nd Street
Duluth, MN
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Bethel Port Rehabilitation Center
(218) 727-7415x151
23 Mesaba Avenue
Duluth, MN
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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Special Programs/Groups
Men, Criminal justice clients

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HRC
(715) 392-8216
1500 North 34th Street
Superior, WI
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(715) 395-2259
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Substance abuse treatment, Halfway house
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women
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(218) 879-5545
1003 Cloquet Avenue
Cloquet, MN
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Various Real Life Facts about Methamphetamine Addiction

Methamphetamine is available in a variety of forms and it can be snorted, orally ingested, smoked or injected to alter moods in different ways and it depends on how it is taken. Immediately after smoking the drug or injecting it intravenously, the user experiences an intense rush or “flash” that lasts only a few minutes and is described as extremely pleasurable. Snorting or oral ingestion produces euphoria — a high but not an intense rush. Snorting produces effects within 3 to 5 minutes, and oral ingestion produces effects within 15 to 20 minutes.As with similar stimulants, methamphetamine most often is used in a “binge and crash” pattern. Because tolerance for methamphetamine occurs within minutes — meaning that the pleasurable effects disappear even before the drug concentration in the blood falls significantly users try to maintain the high by binging on the drug. In the 1980’s, “ice,” a smokable form of methamphetamine, came into use. Ice is a large, usually clear crystal of high purity that is smoked in a glass pipe like crack cocaine. The smoke is odorless, leaves a residue that can be resmoked, and produces effects that may continue for 12 hours or more.

The Medical Complications Related to Methamphetamine Use:

Methamphetamine can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems. These include rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure, and irreversible, stroke-producing damage to small blood vess...

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