- Meth is the world’s most powerful central nervous system stimulant and Atlanta’s fastest growing drug problem.
- Meth is highly addictive and causes more severe withdrawals than cocaine and other forms of speed.
- Over two-thirds of gay men in Atlanta consider meth to be the #1 drug problem.
- This synthetic drug works directly on the brain and spinal cord by interfering with, and eventually destroying, the transmission of dopamine.
- Methamphetamine is illegally produced and sold in pill form, capsules, powder and chunks.
- Atlanta’s meth comes in mostly crystal or ice form which contains purity levels of greater than 85%.
- Methamphetamine can be smoked, snorted, orally ingested, injected, and inserted into the rectum (booty bump).
- Meth is commonly referred to as tina, glass, speed, crystal, ice, crank, chalk, shabu, or zip.