 |
 |
 |
Drug Rehab Centers Services will help you find assistance for methamphetamine addiction and rehabilitation in the United StatesOur certified counselors will guide you and your family in this important moment in finding a meth treatment in your state. Methamphetamine has destroyed a lot of families, relationships and lives in the country. There are still well over 1 million people in the United States who need rehabilitation for methamphetamine addiction. But there is hope as many with a methamphetamine addiction got their lives back after attending a meth rehab center. Drug Rehab Services philosophy is to give honest, caring and knowledgeable advice, support and referrals according to your unique circumstance. Help is just a phone call away! |
Methamphetamine and Visible Signs
One of the most striking effects of meth is the modification in the physical appearance of the abuser. Meth causes the blood vessels to constrict and cuts off the steady flow of blood to all parts of the body. Heavy meth consumption can weaken and destroy these vessels, leading tissues to become prone to damage and inhibiting the body's ability to repair itself. Certain individuals are covered in small sores, the consequence of obsessive skin-picking brought on by the hallucination of having bugs crawling under the skin, a disorder known as formication. Additionally, stimulants like meth cause extreme bursts of physical activity while suppressing the appetite, an attractive combination for several people who began using meth to lose weight. But while contemporary culture might idealize slim figures, heavy meth users frequently become gaunt and frail. Their day- or week-long meth "runs" are generally accompanied by tooth-grinding, poor diet, and bad hygiene, which result in mouths full of broken, stained and rotting teeth. While a meth high makes the user feel more confident, attractive, and desirable, the drug is working to make them unattractive. "Certain meth users I have in here over a hundred times, and I can look over a 10, 15, 20-year period and see how they've deteriorated, how they've changed." says Deputy Brett King, from Oregon's Multnomah County Sheriff's Department. "Certain were quite attractive when they started to come to jail: young individuals who were full of the health and had everything going for them … and now they're a shell of what they once were." Curious about this specific effect of the drug, King started collecting mug shots of individuals who had been booked repeatedly with meth in their blood. One of the faces that made a big impression on him was that of Theresa Baxter: "She came in, and she was visibly intoxicated by methamphetamine. She looked horrible and at least 20 years older than she was. Her teeth were missing, and I looked back in her history, and at one time she was an attractive young woman."
Help is just a phone call away!
|
|