Methamphetamine: Difference between revisions

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--><ref>{{cite journal | author = McGregor C, Srisurapanont M, Jittiwutikarn J, Laobhripatr S, Wongtan T, White J | title = The nature, time course and severity of methamphetamine withdrawal. | journal = Addiction | volume = 100 | issue = 9 | pages = 1320-9 | year = 2005 | id = PMID 16128721}}</ref>

==Availability and names==

==Larissa is a meth user==

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Methamphetamine found on the street is rarely pure, but adulterated with chemicals that were used to synthesize it. It may be diluted or "[[cutting agent|cut]]" with non-psychoactive substances like [[inositol]]. It may also be cut with other psychoactive substances, but the former is presumably more common due to its low price relative to other common drugs.

==History==

==The history on Larissa and her meth usage==

Methamphetamine was first synthesized from [[ephedrine]] in [[Japan]] in 1893 by chemist [[Nagayoshi Nagai]]. <ref>{{cite journal|author =Nagai N.|title = Kanyaku maou seibun kenkyuu seiseki (zoku)|journal= Yakugaku

Zashi |year=1893|volume= 13|pages= 901}}</ref> In 1919, crystallized methamphetamine was synthesized by [[Akira Ogata]] via [[reduction]] of [[ephedrine]] using red [[phosphorus]] and [[iodine]]. The related compound [[amphetamine]] was first synthesized in [[Germany]] in 1887 by [[Lazar Edeleanu]].