In the United States, the percentage of drug treatment admissions due to methamphetamine and amphetamine abuse tripled from 3% in 1996 to 9% in 2006. Some states have much higher percentages, such as Hawaii, where 48.2% of the people seeking help for drug or alcohol abuse in 2007 were methamphetamine users.

The knowledge that Meth is damaging to health isn’t exactly a new finding, but new findings suggest that it may be more damaging than we thought.

Although C. neoformans is usually harmless to healthy individuals, meth abuse has been shown to make people more vulnerable to infections that can endanger their health, said study author Luis Martinez, an infectious disease researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.

C. neoformans enters the body through the respiratory tract and then colonizes the lungs before migrating to the brain. Once there, it eventually causes meningoencephalitis – inflammation of the brain and its surrounding membranes.

Meth is so addictive that even TV shows about meth are addictive!

Carefully bred mice/rats with documented genetic histories are used in animal testing for a number of reasons, including their frequent reproduction, genetic purity and similarities to human biology.

Of course, some organizations are opposed to using mice/rats in tests, most notably P.E.T.A.

In layman’s terms, meth modified the fungus' structure, making it more effective at causing disease.

Sleeperstar appear to abide by a famous Michael Jordan quote: “My pain was my motivation.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-vs00JeV3E

Both literally and metaphorically, Sleeperstar see their romantic interest in her eyes.

Forecast: very romantic.

Not literally sparks though…