How is amphetamine used?
• It can be sniffed, swallowed or injected. • Swallowing the drug, either mixed in a drink or wrapped in a cigarette paper is the safest method of using amphetamine. • Sniffing amphetamine takes effect faster than swallowing but it can damage the nose. • Injecting is the riskiest method of using amphetamine as the dose reaches the brain quicker. • Repeated injections damage the veins, leading to thrombosis and abscesses. • Sharing syringes can cause hepatitis and HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS. What are the drawbacks associated with amphetamine? • When the drug wears off there can be an unpleasant comedown which can last for one or two days, sometimes longer. Users can feel tired, lethargic and depressed. This leads some people to take more amphetamine, to try and avoid the comedown • Extended use of amphetamine can lead to illnesses such as psychosis. The user may think that everybody is out to get them, or they are being followed or watched Amphetamine is against the law • Posses
