SPEED

NAMES

• Speed is an amphetamine
• Some street names are crank, glass, and crypto
• The medical term is 1-phenylpropan-2-amine Amphetamine

USES AND APPEARANCE

• Speed can be ingested in a pill form
• Crushed into powder it can be snorted or injected with water
• Paraphernalia would be needles

INGREDIENTS

• Speed is synthesised from ephedrine
• Ephedrine is found in the ephedra bush
• The ephedra bush is commonly used in Chinese medicine

EFFECTS OF SPEED

• Enhanced senses
• Faster reaction time
• Increased energy
• Confidence
• Feeling of invulnerability

DANGERS OF SPEED

• Malnutrition from lack of appetite
• Little to no sleep
• Extreme paranoia and Schizophrenia
• Irritability that can lead to violence
• If dirty needles are used, the risk of HIV and AIDS

STATISTICS

• Speeds prices vary but it is normally relatively cheap
• Because it is cheap to make
• *In a study conducted by the NIDA in 2012 they received these results
• 2.9% of 8th graders had used amphetamines and
• 6.5% of 10 graders had used amphetamines