Speed makes users feel very up, alert and energised, but can also make them agitated and aggressive. It can also have other effects:. Speed makes people feel wide awake, excited and chatty. Clubbers take it because it gives them the energy to dance for hours without getting tired. Amphetamines were once the main ingredient in diet pills because they stop people feeling hungry.
Taking a lot of speed, alongside its effects on diet and sleep, can give your immune system a battering — so you could get more colds, flu and sore throats,.
Injecting speed is particularly dangerous. Speed can be cut with other cheaper amphetamines, caffeine, ephedrine, sugars like glucose , starch powder, laxatives, talcum powder, paracetamol and other drugs with some similar effects. Some impurities can be added by mistake, as impurities can be formed during the manufacturing process for speed.
Base speed is usually somewhat purer. Speed is an addictive drug — the more you take, the more you tend to want to take.
Supplying someone else, including your friends, can get you up to 14 years and an unlimited fine. This could include a formal caution, arrest and prosecution. A conviction for a drug-related offence could have a serious impact.
It can stop you visiting certain countries — for example the United States — and limit the types of jobs you can apply for. Like drinking and driving, driving while under the influence of drugs is illegal — with some drugs you can still be unfit to drive the day after using.
You can get a heavy fine, be disqualified from driving or even go to prison. Allowing other people to use drugs in your house or any other premises is illegal.
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How long a drug can be detected for depends on how much is taken and which testing kit is used. This is only a general guide. The comedown from speed can last several days, and users often say they feel lethargic and sad after taking it. Speed is usually a very impure street drug — base speed is usually purer. Speed is sometimes cut with caffeine, ephedrine, sugars like glucose , laxatives, talcum powder, paracetamol and other drugs.
Some impurities can also be added by mistake, as impurities can be formed during the manufacturing process.
Yes, any time you mix drugs together you take on new risks. Things that affect your risk include the type of drug, the strength and how much you take.
If you take a lot on a regular basis you can build up a tolerance to the drug so that you need higher doses just to get the same buzz or feel 'normal'. Supplying someone else, even your friends, can get you up to 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both. Like drink-driving, driving when high is dangerous and illegal. If the police catch people supplying illegal drugs in a home, club, bar or hostel, they can potentially prosecute the landlord, club owner or any other person concerned in the management of the premises.
Speed that has been prepared for injection becomes a Class A drug and can get you tougher sentencing if you're caught with it or selling it. If you or someone else needs urgent help after taking drugs or drinking, call for an ambulance.
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