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100 _aNuckols, Cardwell C.,
245 0 _aMethamphetamine Addiction: "Speed" Still Kills.
_cCardwell C. Nuckols and Joseph T. Kane.
260 _bCounselor,
_c2003.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
_nArticle 64,
_pHealth,
_x1522-323X;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500 _aOriginally Published: Methamphetamine Addiction: "Speed" Still Kills, Feb. 2003; pp. 14-18.
520 _a"Charles Manson and his crew, high on methamphetamine, were responsible for the Sharon Tate murder. The Hell's Angels were guarding the stage at Altamont Speedway at a Rolling Stones concert when the concertgoers rushed the stage. The guards, high on 'speed,' killed some and injured others. The children of the 60s remember that methamphetamine destroyed the Summer of Love in San Francisco in 1967. There is an old adage in the addictions field that if you wait long enough the same drug will cycle every 20 to 30 years. Although methamphetamine never really went away, the last decade has witnessed a sharp rise in use as the drug has spread from being a west coast phenomenon to a national epidemic." (COUNSELOR) This article presents the physical and psychological effects of methamphetamine and outlines a "treatment plan for the methamphetamine-addicted individual."
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aDetoxification (Substance abuse treatment)
650 _aDrug abuse
_xTreatment
650 _aMethamphetamine
650 _aNarcotic addicts
650 _aNarcotic habit
_xTreatment
650 _aNarcotics
_xPhysiological effect
650 _aPsychotherapy
650 _aToxicology
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004,
_pHealth.
_x1522-323X;
942 _c UKN
999 _c35493
_d35493