Definitions for "Methamphetamine"
amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
a powerful stimulant drug and it effects the nervous system and you are awake
This drug is usually referred to as “meth or speed, [and] has been the primary form of amphetamine abuse in recent years. It can be smoked, snorted or injected. […It is] a modified form of d-amphetamine, accomplished by substituting CH3 (called a methyl group) instead of H at one end […] This slight change in the formula allows for a quicker passage across the blood-brain barrier” ( Levinthal, 79).