Ice Age
It’s cheap, highly addictive and ultra-powerful. “Ice,” or crystal methamphetamine, is now more popular than heroin. It plays havoc with the minds and the bodies of addicts, filling emergency wards with dangerous, psychotic patients. But little is known about the long-term effects of the drug or even how to treat the addiction.This documentary reports on the hidden, growing epidemic.
Methamphetamine has medical uses as well as the potential to cause addiction. Methamphetamine addiction typically occurs when a person begins to use the drug as a stimulant, for its powerful enhancing effects on sex, mood and energy, alertness and ability to concentrate, and weight loss and appetite suppression, among its other psychological and physical effects.
Over time tolerance develops, and users have greater difficulty functioning and experiencing pleasure than they did before, which persists indefinitely due to neurotoxicity produced by methamphetamine in long-term recovered addicts.
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October 11th, 2009 at 14:58
Wow this is a great documentary to scare you out of doing ice. I had a weekly habit a few years ago and still crave the drug but this was a good wake up call to show me the spiral I could slip in to if I pick up that old lifestyle again.
October 12th, 2009 at 21:14
This doc shows how the effects of certain hard narcotics will DESTROY your sense of self preservation as well as a persons natural ability to judge ‘normal,’ from insane. It’s a drug in a class all it’s own. Methamphetamine is more corrosive than any other drug I’ve ever seen documented. I still wonder how the Aussies get away w/o having the severe dental problems the crystal users have in the US. Is the difference in hygiene or the ingredients of the drug.
October 13th, 2009 at 07:54
That’s one thing I was also wondering about.. Perhaps it just wasn’t shown graphically like the US documentary or Aussies know to take better care of their teeth and drink plenty of water while “skating”. I thought also the factor that none of those people were driven to sleeping on the streets and deprived of having and home and money for neccessities. Or maybe shooting up meth instead of smoking it has a better effect on your teeth?
October 20th, 2009 at 10:40
This documentary reiterated that there are no benefits of a life in drugs. Drug addicts seem to be in the world of dismal and gloom. They don’t have peace and joy in their lives and are pathetic. They are selfish individuals who don’t care about their families and society. I learnt one thing, a life of vices/sin can only reproduce more vices/sin e.g. vulgar language, drinking, smoking, fornication, illegitimate children, not holding a job, committing crimes, filthy homes etc. Best not to be a fool and get into this demonic bondage!
October 24th, 2009 at 11:30
Yes, smoking meth is mostly where the tooth decay comes from. The chemicals swirl around the teeth again and again. The mouth produces less saliva, leaving the mouth with high acidity levels. Not eating for days on end is harmful to teeth as well, plus when people are high on meth they don’t usually brush their teeth.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:34
Oh yeah, meth addicts usually don’t worry themselves with the topic of sleeping on the streets. This is because they don’t sleep much…anywhere.
December 14th, 2009 at 18:30
Yo vlatko
Is it just me, or does the video quit at 15 minutes or so..?
Maybe some anti-embed thingy Joost may have gotten this month, could you look into it (cause it’s a great docu).
Grtz
December 14th, 2009 at 19:09
@Nielsch probably it’s just you. Everything seems fine with the video. Playing flawlessly. Sorry.