Methamphetamine Information

APPEARANCE

Methamphetamine is normally found in crystal or powdered form. It can also be a pill or oil. Its colour varies from white to off-white, yellow, brown or pink depending on the manufacturing process, skill of the cook, impurities and cutting agents used.

These photos show different varieties of methamphetamine. Ice is shown in the bottom photo on the far right.

THE LAW

Methamphetamine is a Class A controlled drug as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. Possession of meth has a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and a $1000 fine.
Methamphetamine "dealing offences", (such as manufacturing meth, possession for supply or selling meth) are punishable by a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

COMMON SLANG TERMS

There are many different slang terms for drugs. The most commonly used names for methamphetamine are...

• Crank.
• Go Fast.
• Goey.
• Meth.
• Speed.

High purity methamphetamine is commonly known as...

• Base.
• Crystal Meth.
• Ice.
• P.
• Pure.
• The Burn. Smoking P is commonly known as "Having a burn".

P is manufactured locally and Ice is imported. The street-level purity of meth prior to the arrival of P in 1999 was often around 3 to 5 %. These days, P normally ranges from 60% to almost 80% pure. The purity of Ice can be as high as 95%.

METHODS OF USE

• Methamphetamine can be used a number of ways, including...
• Snorting.
• Smoking - using pipes, light-bulbs or tinfoil.
• Injecting.
• Drinking by adding it to a liquid, such as a glass of water or a cup of coffee.
• Swallowing meth wrapped in cigarette papers. This is known as "Bombing".

1. 1. Crystal Meth is placed in a glass pipe which is heated.
2. 2. The meth turns into a liquid and starts to smoke
3. 3. The user inhales the smoke.
4. 4. Any remaining meth re-crystallises when the heat source is removed. This may be reused.

HOW IT'S SOLD

Methamphetamine is commonly sold in standard weights known as "points", "grams" and "ounces"

POINTS

A point normally contains anywhere from 1/10th to 1/30th of a gram and usually costs $100. Points are also known as "Dots" or "P's"or "Spot bags".

Point bags are small plastic bags that measure approximately 2.5cm x 3.5cm. They come in a wide range of patterns. The point bags on the top left contain methamphetamine and the other bags shown are empty.

GRAMS

One gram of "pure" meth currently costs anywhere from $600 to $1200. P usually costs from $600 to $1000 per gram and Ice costs from $800 to $1200. Grams are sometimes known as "little ones", or "G bags".

OUNCES

An ounce is common drug dealing weight with lots of slang names. The most common ones are...an "Oh", an "Oh Zee" or a "Round One". In the drug-world, an ounce weighs 28 grams.
An ounce of P generally costs anywhere from $8,000 to $16,000. Meth is sometimes sold by the half ounce.
Large deals can be in multiple ounces, pounds or kilos.

EFFECTS

SHORT TERM EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE...

• Euphoria.
• Increased energy.
• An increased sense of well being.
• Hyperactivity and restlessness.
• Extended wakefulness.
• Reduced appetite.
• Confusion.
• Impulsiveness.
• Aggressiveness.
• Increased blood pressure.
• Increased pulse rate.
• Increased temperature.
• Dryness of the mouth.
  

"THE CRASH"

Meth is a highly addictive drug. The danger of stimulant drugs is that they give you a very powerful high, but when it wears off, you don't feel that great, so you take more of the drug to get really "high" again. Binge use is a feature of meth - it's common to use continuously for three or four days at a time. As the effects start to wear off, you've got the choice of using more meth or facing a "crash".

A "CRASH" MAY INCLUDE...

• Deep depression.
• Fatigue.
• Difficulty sleeping.
• Headaches.
• Aching joints.
• Decreased energy.
• Irritability and aggressiveness.
• A strong desire to take the drug again.

Many users describe the "crash" as being similar to a massive hangover from alcohol (without the splitting-head that you get from too much booze). You feel very flat and unhappy for days afterwards.

Recovery time is often day-for day (or worse). In other words, if you go on a three-day binge, it's going to take you three or four days till you're feeling good again. Unlike an alcohol "hangover," there's an easy way to make a "crash" go away - you take some more! Before you know it, you're using all the time and it's taken over your life.

"Tolerance" commonly develops with regular use and you have to take more meth to get the same high.


HARMS

Some people use meth without any problems, however many users experience some form of harm from their use. This can include psychological problems and physical problems. The most common harms reported by users are...

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

• Anxiety.
• Mood swings.
• Short tempered.
• Paranoia.
• Depression.
• Strange thoughts.
• Panic attacks.
• Suicidal thoughts.
• Violent behaviour.

PHYSICAL PROBLEMS

• Trouble sleeping.
• Loss of energy.
• Skin problems.
• Poor concentration.
• Teeth problems.
• Memory lapses.
• Weight loss.
• Poor appetite.

(Source: Wilkins, Dr Chris et al., The Socio-Economic Impact of Amphetamine Type Stimulants in New Zealand. Massey University 2004,)

None of these things make you good to be around. If you become addicted to meth, it's also going to cost you lots of money. A serious meth problem can cost two to three thousand dollars per week. Many people who become addicted end up selling P to subsidise their habit. If you get convicted of selling meth, there's a high likelihood that you'll be sentenced to imprisonment. Even if you don't get busted, selling meth can cause you problems. The drug-world can be a very heavy place and it's not uncommon for other dealers to close down their rivals, usually by violence. Gangs and other criminals don't like competition.

LONG TERM EFFECTS

Methamphetamine can cause many long-term problems. These can include...

• Sleeping problems.
• High blood pressure.
• Irregular heart beat.
• Anxiety and irritability.
• Kidney and lung disorders.
• Liver damage.
• Brain damage.
• Chronic depression.
• Mental disorders.
• Weight loss.
• Tooth loss and cavities.
• Increased risk of strokes.

Meth lowers inhibitions and some users engage in high-risk sexual behaviours which may lead to HIV, Hepatitis and sexually-transmitted diseases. Extended-use can cause psychosis, where you think that everyone is out to get you or that you’re being followed or watched. Many users suffer from decreased emotional control and frustration, which can lead to aggressiveness and violence.
Chronic meth use can affect they way you think and how you feel long after you stop using. Meth can damage your brain. If you'e recovering from heavy meth use you're likely to experience severe depression and anxiety for up to six months after you stop using. Meth floods your brain with a chemical called dopamine. This is produced naturally by a healthy brain. If you use lots of meth, your brain will stop producing dopamine normally. When you stop using, it can take many months for your brain function to start to return to normal, and during that time, you won't feel that flash at all.


SIGNS OF METH USE

• Dilated pupils.
• Sweating.
• Restlessness.
• Runny nose and nasal redness.
• Sniffing.
• Grinding of teeth.
• Rapid tooth decay.
• Excessive scratching.
• Slow-healing sores.
• Dry itchy skin.
• Increased sweating and body odour.
• Impaired speech.
• Loss of co-ordination.
• Weight loss.
• Burn marks (from contact with hot meth-pipes or gas-lighters).
• Many users will talk excessively and will talk over the top of others.
• Violent or aggressive behaviour.

Many experienced drug-users are good at hiding signs of their drug use, however new users will often show many tell-tale signs. (post by : Drugscene.com)

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Methamphetamine Lab Photos

As you can see in our meth lab photos, a meth lab is a clandestine drug lab. It is a collection of materials and ingredients used to manufacture illegal drugs. Methamphetamine is made mostly from common household ingredients as seen below in these meth lab photos. When these ingredients are mixed and "cooked" together they make a dangerous drug and potentially harmful chemical mixtures that can remain on household surfaces for months or years after "cooking" is over. There may be health effects in people exposed to lab chemicals before, during and after the drug-making process. Therefore, each meth lab is a potential hazardous waste site, requiring evaluation, and possibly cleanup, by hazardous waste professionals.

Meth labs have been discovered in hotel and motel rooms, restaurants, barns, private homes and apartments, storage facilities, fields, vacant buildings and (moving or stationary) vehicles like the ones below in our meth lab photos. A minimum of 5 to 7 pounds of chemical waste are produced for each pound of meth manufactured.

After a lab has been abandoned or shut down by law enforcement, the property is usually found to be contaminated with hazardous chemicals. Methamphetamine is made (or ‘cooked’) from common, easily-available materials, using one of several basic chemical processes. There are hundreds of chemical products and substances that are used interchangeably to produce meth. The substitution of one chemical for another in meth recipes may cause the cooking process to be more hazardous (resulting in fire or explosion) or may result in a finished product with unwanted or dangerous effects. Many dangerous chemical ingredients are used to make meth. Also, chemical by-products such as toxic phosphine gas may be formed during meth manufacture. This may occur through planned chemical interaction, or by processing errors, such as increasing cooking temperatures too rapidly.

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Methamphetamine Recipe (How To Make)

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Recipe 01 (agak ribet) :

Materials:

• Lava lamp
• (pseudo)ephedrine
• Red Phosphorus
• Iodine
• D-H20 (Distilled Water)

Pre Reaction:

• Get some 25mg ephedrine pills that are easily cleaned with a TCE pull and cold dry acetone wash (be sure all the TCE is gone before adding acetone cause they react with each other, the acetone wash isn't essential, but you can never get the ephedrine clean enough).

• shake the strikers in hot water, shake off the red in acetone, then muriatic acid boils on the red while outside, then wash with lots of water, wrap paper towels around the filter and squeeze dry, empty out on some paper and chop and dry well.

• add 1 pint 7% tincture to 2 cups water and 2 shot glasses of muriatic acid then 1 pint hydrogen peroxide, mix well while adding, cover and let sit in closet 12 hours, then filter with double filter and wash with lots of water, wrap paper towels around it and squeeze completely dry, then wrap in dry towels and put in a jar and pour damp rid over it and let it sit a day.

The Reaction:

It’s recommended you read all the FAQs before starting the lava lamp reaction.

Buy a 25 watt lava lamp (flea markets have the cheapest) with a bottle top that can be popped or screwed off. It seems there are tops that are attached, screw off, and pop off. The screw off type is preferred, then the pop off, the attached kinds should be avoided as there is no way to take off the top without chipping the glass.

If using homemade RP + I then….
10mL distilled water + 10g (pseudo)ephedrine (extracted well) + 7.5g red phosphorus (extracted fresh from matchbook strikers) + 15g iodine (extracted from 7% iodine tincture and dried well)

If lab grade use equal mass of iodine as ephedrine, and half the mass of red phosphorus as ephedrine. If using iodine and red phosphorus from tincture and matchbook strikers then use 50% more than if it were lab grade. Use equal mass of distilled water as ephedrine regardless.

There are 3 kinds of lava lamps there is a 40 watt, a 30 watt, and a 25 watt lamp.

As a rule of thumb, the ideal size cook is half the wattage as grams of ephedrine (40 watt is good for 20g cook, 30 watt for 15g, 25 watt for 10g-12g) and let it go 36 hours, some cooks (especially smaller than ideal) can be done in 24 hours (just check it and make sure the RP sinks to the bottom like bricks, and all the other signs of the reaction being done). The size of cook can be increased slightly but will need to increase time of cook as well. It’s recommended to just get more lamps though than try bigger cooks.

Tape a punch balloon to the top of the lava lamp. After 48 hours check it and make sure if it is ready, then work it up as usual Gassing, washing, and recrystalization is a very good idea Yields vary, but expect 5g minimum, more like 6g unsure what the inside temperature of the lava lamp will be, and sure to vary from lamp to lamp, but if you want to be sure the reaction will take place then you will need to check the temp inside the bottle.

Measure the temp after an hour (when it usually is going good as a lava lamp), and go from there

I would suggest that you try it first with just some water in your lava lamp, and a thermometer suspended with a string or something, so you can find out what temperature a 25w bulb will produce. You might have to wait a few hours before you take a reading. That way you'll know, and won't have to waste precursors.

90 Celsius is sufficient however you want a temp of slightly over 100 Celsius inside flask, anywhere from 90-120 is fine though, lower the temp the longer the cook time needed.

When first tried there was doubt the 25 watt gave off enough heat, but it does, however it is barely enough get the job done.

Optional*
(It is a really good idea to cover the bottom of the bottle with aluminum foil, this increases the temperature as well as blocks the photo energy which can cause free radicals from the iodine (not good).

After all this is in place simply turn on your lava lamp and check back 48 hours later.

* See the FAQs on how to mix your starting reactants.


Post Reaction:

Here is an improved post reaction

after the reaction is done, turn off the lamp and let it cool so you can hold it. Add equal volume hot water and shake well, then immediately pour into funnel with 3 prewet filters and a few cotton balls stuffed in the neck. Pour a small amount of hot water in the bottle again and get the last of the red out. Collect the filtered liquid and pour over the filters and red until it comes out with no tiny red particles in suspension (shine flashlight in it if it helps). Pour half the volume of collected liquid through the filters and collect it in the jar, save the filters to clean and reuse the red on it.

Now you should have 3-5 times the volume of the original post reaction solution in the jar. Add equal volume of hot VM&P naphtha (or whatever non-polar solvent you are going to use to pull the freebase) and mix well and let sit 15 minutes, siphon off the top layer and throw away. Repeat the wash until it comes out clean, once or twice more. these naphtha washes get out all the naphtha soluble trash so when you pull the freebase there is no naphtha soluble trash you need to clean up later

while that shit is separating into layers, mix up a 25% lye solution, 1g lye per 4mL water, it will heat up when mixed, so mix slow, and let cool to room temperature before using

add 10mL naphtha per gram of ephedrine used. Add the lye solution a few mL at a time, it should turn milky white where it hits, then go back to the yellowish color. Keep adding the lye solution every 30 seconds or so until it stays milky white and you get that fish smell, then it is ready (no pH strips needed!) no matter what the pH reads. be sure when adding the lye solution that it doesn't get too hot or yields will suffer, just give it time and it will cool

let the solution sit 15 minutes to separate into 2 layers, siphon up the top layer and save it. Repeat the adding naphtha and lye solution again and pull off the top layer again after waiting an hour or two. Add more lye and non-polar and let it sit a whole day before siphoning to get the last of it. Each naphtha pull should make the bottom layer less and less yellow. While it is sitting though go on with the procedure and go back to this afterward

now just gas the top layers with sulfuric acid and salt and filter out the product, then do an ice cold dry acetone wash and dry alcohol/acetone crystallization and you are left with some nice crystals. The crystallization is not really needed since you naphtha washed the post reaction solution and there isn't much trash in the gassed out product. The acetone wash alone is enough to clean it up nicely. However crystallization makes it look nicer and the crystals are big and clear.

go back to the saved solution and pull off the top layer and gas, then clean it up and that should be all of it. if your yield is too low (under 40% is considered low, 50% is fine, 60% and higher is great), might want to go back to the bottom layer with the water/lye/trash to see if a hot naphtha pull will get anymore, but it is doubtful. Also, might want to check the acetone and alcohol used to clean up the final product, any water still in them will eat up some product, so just evaporate it, although there is sure to be all the trash in there too. it is a good idea to save everything until the final product is obtained and the yields considered satisfactory. This way you will not throw out perfectly good product, "waste not want not"

Recipe 02 (More Simple) :

40 Lithium batteries : 4 gal. of Coleman fuel or white gas : 5000 ephedrine pills : 1 bottle of sulfuric acid : 1 5 gal. bucket : 1 long rubber rose : 1 2 liter bottle (make sure it's glasware) : 3 gal. of anhydrous ammonia

First, take the lithium strips out of the batteries and toss the casings. Then, add the pills, fuel, and ammonia to the bucket along with the strips. Next, grab your 2 liter bottle and put a hole in the cap that's large enough for the hose to fit into - don't make it too big, because it needs to be a tight fit. Put the sulfuric acid in the bottle, and be careful 'cuz that shit will eat to the bone.

When that's all done, put a ball of aluminum foil in the bottle, and close the lid. Take the free end of the hose, and put it in the bottom of the bucket - when all the bubbling inside the bottle is done give it a stir, and let it sit there for 4 hours.

When the timer dings, carefully dump out that nasty liquid. You will see a lot of gunk at the bottom - that's all meth. Scape out the bucket and let the meth dry. When you're all done you will have 1/4 pound of meth if you did it correctly.

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