In the hallway outside the emergency room, a man is crying, having just lost his wife and unborn child. In his sleep the night before, he was awakened by his wife’s painful gasps, and her pregnant wife struggled to complain to him about her weakness and difficulty breathing. Since the wife had been diagnosed with gestational hypertension when she gave birth three years ago, the cautious husband immediately called an ambulance.
His wife was diagnosed with a massive spontaneous brainstem and cerebellar hemorrhage , and 24 hours of first aid failed to save her and the baby in her womb. Heartbroken husband blames his wife for having another child, costing her her life. The autopsy report revealed that the wife’s fatal cerebral hemorrhage was actually caused by the use of methamphetamine .
Spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage caused by long-term use of methamphetamine丨Reference 1
Deaths from methamphetamine use are not uncommon . “Forensic Science International” (Forensic Science International) also reported such a case, a girl who woke up in the early morning from thirst drank a few gulps of water on the bed, and the boyfriend who was awakened by her took the cup and drank it too took a sip. It didn’t take long for the two to start yelling with excitement, and then fighting because of the cold. The 25-year-old died in agony soon after and was found stiff and cold .
Only then did her careless boyfriend remember that they had thrown several unfinished methamphetamine pills into the glass of water by the bed, and that the girl was dying of a high fever caused by an overdose of methamphetamine.
methamphetamine is poison
The protagonist of the story is methamphetamine, the scientific name is methamphetamine. Because the purified methamphetamine crystals resemble ice crystals, it is commonly known as methamphetamine. The “ice skating” mentioned in many film and television works involving drugs refers to taking ice.
When it comes to drugs, people often think of the great pleasure it brings to addicts in film and television works and the difficulty to quit after addiction, but I am afraid that few people will think of the “drug” of drugs and the “drug” of drugs. Get in touch. In fact, drugs, like poisons, can cause great damage to the human body.
In 2020, the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced an Australian man to death for drug smuggling, involving about 7,500 grams of methamphetamine. 7500 grams is about the weight of a watermelon, but what is the concept of such a heavy methamphetamine? The two deceased in the opening story took at least about 0.5 grams of methamphetamine, and researchers believe that the true lethal dose of methamphetamine is even lower. With such a reference, maybe you will understand more clearly how much harm 7500 grams of methamphetamine can cause in just one aspect of personal health.
In addition to the cerebral hemorrhage and high fever mentioned at the beginning, acute poisoning caused by overdose or mistaken consumption of methamphetamine can cause fatal consequences including arrhythmia, seizures, and shock . In the case of transporting methamphetamine in the form of human possession of drugs, there are also many cases of acute methamphetamine poisoning deaths due to lax packages or accidental rupture.
A large number of methamphetamine packets found in the stomach of the deceased of acute methamphetamine poisoning丨Reference 2
Not only that, acute methamphetamine poisoning can also cause hallucinations, delusions, mania, paranoia and other mental illnesses. “Journal of Forensic Medicine” reported a horrific case where a man became emotionally out of control and insane after taking an overdose of methamphetamine. He first wounded three people with a knife, and also scratched his abdomen and thighs and ate his own blood.
Immediately afterwards, he madly attacked a woman who was unable to escape with a knife dozens of times, causing her death. At this time, he had been completely taken away by drugs. He first cut open the left breast of the female deceased, took out the heart with his bare hands and bit it, and then cut open the lower abdomen of the deceased to take out the uterus and appendages and swallowed them whole. In the end, probably because it was difficult to swallow completely, he put his right hand into his mouth and reached his throat, causing himself to suffocate to death.
Apical wound of the heart of the deceased female丨Reference 3
The symptoms of acute poisoning caused by overdose of methamphetamine are ferocious and terrible, but there are still countless people who can’t resist the pleasure it brings to take it. Some people even make excuses for their drug addiction, thinking that as long as a small dose is taken, there will be no bad consequences for the body. In fact, numerous studies have shown that even low doses of meth can cause extremely serious and irreversible damage to the body.
Cardiac hypertrophy caused by long-term use of methamphetamine丨Reference 4
Because methamphetamine can stimulate the blood vessels and nerves of the whole body, it can stimulate the heart, constrict blood vessels and increase related hormone levels for a long time and far beyond the normal level. have strong toxic effects. Some researchers have calculated that long-term use of methamphetamine can cause more than 100 adverse symptoms in 13 categories. The latest research pointed out that due to the damage of methamphetamine to cardiopulmonary function, the morbidity and mortality of new coronary pneumonia in long-term methamphetamine users are higher than the average level.
The prevalence of methamphetamine is difficult to prevent and control
As a powerful central nervous system stimulant, methamphetamine was used by soldiers and military factory workers during World War II to improve combat effectiveness and work efficiency. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was used as a prescription drug for the treatment of diseases such as Parkinson’s syndrome and obesity. At present, the abuse of methamphetamine has become an important public health problem globally, especially in North America, East Asia and Southeast Asia.
According to the 2019 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime statistical report, there are about 28.9 million amphetamine-dependent people worldwide, the vast majority of whom use methamphetamine. In East and South-East Asia, the demand and supply of methamphetamine, especially crystalline methamphetamine (ice), as a proxy for new drugs, continue to increase, and the number of methamphetamine seizures increased by 8 in the decade 2007 to 2017 The estimated usage rate has more than doubled.
In my country, methamphetamine has also replaced traditional heroin as the “number one drug” with the largest number of abusers. Among the existing drug addicts in the country, the proportion of methamphetamine abusers reached 56.1%.
Quantity of methamphetamine seized globally and trends in trafficking from 1998 to 2017丨Reference 6
Vigorously combating methamphetamine crime is because its “drug” is not limited to personal health. Compared with other drugs, methamphetamine users have higher relapse rates. Because of its high stimulant effect, meth is difficult to quit. Even though a considerable number of addicts choose to quit because of various adverse symptoms brought on by methamphetamine, most methamphetamine addicts relapse within three years of seeking treatment, with a staggering 88% relapse rate. The researchers believe that users will have to fight meth addiction for life.
At the same time, research shows that the criminal rate of drug addicts is much higher than that of ordinary people, while the criminal rate of methamphetamine addicts is even more prominent, 1.5 to 2 times that of other drug addicts, especially the probability of property crimes such as theft and robbery. It can reach 1.8 times that of other drug users. Because methamphetamine can significantly increase libido and aggressive behavior, users are also more prone to sexually violent crimes. These characteristics make methamphetamine seriously endanger social stability and harmony.
Drugs including methamphetamine have seriously endangered social stability and harmony.丨zh.m.wikipedia.org
In recent years, due to continuous and vigorous special campaigns to combat drug-making crimes, China’s domestic methamphetamine production sites have been significantly reduced, drug-making capacity has been effectively curbed, and domestic methamphetamine purchase prices have also skyrocketed sevenfold.
In an interesting study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, researchers from Dalian Maritime University monitored and assessed local methamphetamine levels by measuring methamphetamine concentrations in water samples from various wastewater treatment plants in Dalian. usage. According to the analysis, local methamphetamine consumption and usage peaked in 2016, and since then, the concentration of methamphetamine in wastewater has been significantly reduced in 2018 due to stringent anti-drug measures. This also objectively reflects the effect of my country’s crackdown on drugs to a certain extent.
In recent years, due to continuous and vigorous special campaigns to combat drug-making crimes, China’s domestic methamphetamine production sites have been significantly reduced, and drug-making capacity has been effectively curbed.丨Picture bug creativity
However, different from the production of traditional drugs based on plants, new synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine can be produced anywhere, the production and synthesis are faster, and it is relatively easy to operate, which makes methamphetamine easier to circulate secretly, and even if It can also have a stimulant effect with lower purity, which greatly increases the difficulty of combating methamphetamine production. At the same time, the use of drugs is also changing, and the combination of methamphetamine and other drugs or drugs can bring a stronger stimulant effect, which has gradually replaced the traditional drugs that were widely known. The patterns of new drugs are constantly being renovated, disguised as various beverages or medicines, which are easy to carry and hide, and are very confusing, which not only increases the difficulty of supervision and prevention, but also attracts and confuses the public, especially the youth group. According to statistics, 18-25.4 Age-old people use drugs most frequently and are most likely to be attracted to new drugs.
In addition, illegal imports from Southeast Asia and South America are on the rise. Among them, methamphetamine produced and sold in Myanmar is the main source of methamphetamine outside China. The import and infiltration of foreign drugs has become an important factor in China’s drug crime. With the rapid development of online shopping and logistics in recent years, some overseas drug dealers even sell drugs through logistics, smart express cabinets, etc., and some cunning drug dealers sell drugs through the “dark web” to avoid detection. The ever-changing drug-trafficking routes, expanding drug-trafficking scale, increasingly complex drug-trafficking network, and constantly enriched drug-trafficking methods have greatly increased the difficulty of prevention and control and the threat and harm to public health.
Taking drugs will not only cause damage to your own body, but also hurt your family and friends around you, and will deeply affect everyone on this land.丨Pixabay
At present, my country’s anti-drug action has achieved remarkable results, and the domestic drug situation is also undergoing a positive transformation of continuous improvement. But it must be noted that this is a struggle destined for a long time, requiring the joint efforts of each and every one of us.
All drugs, including methamphetamine, are dangerous. Taking drugs will not only cause damage to your own body, but also hurt your family and friends around you, and will deeply affect everyone on this land. Because a drug-infested society is bound to be full of ferocious crime and brutal violence. In order to combat drug crimes, the anti-drug police officers on the front line of the anti-drug countermeasures bear the injury rate and sacrifice rate several times higher than that of the general police. When the struggle was the most intense a few years ago, an anti-drug police officer died on the job on average every day. It is precisely because of their dedication that we have created a pure land free from drug pollution.
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