Methamphetamine

"Methamphetamine (crystal meth), like cocaine and amphetamines, inhibits the reuptake of monoamine transporters and stimulate the release of dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline, and serotonin (Liechti, 2015). Crystal is characterized by its stronger psychostimulant effects and its immense addictogenic potential. Use of this dangerous substance is mainly described in the United States and the United Kingdom (Degenhardt et al., 2010) with prevalence ranging from 27% (lifetime use) to 7% (recent use) (Benotsch et al., 2012). Methamphetamine can be swallowed, smoked injected or intrarectally administrated. Methamphetamine has been linked to a lot of cardiac, psychiatric, neuropsychological and dental effects (Table 3)."