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What is speed?
Speed is a molecular compound and consists of the elements: carbon, hydrogen and
nitrogen. C9H13N
Mr= 12x9 + 1x13 + 14 = 108 + 13 +14 = 135
C= 108 : 135 x 100 = 80%
H= 9,63%
N= 10,37%
Speed is amphetamine, a stimulating drug which causes the users reward system in the
brain to trigger. This gives a feeling of pleasure. The drug uses dopamine, which is naturally
released in the brain when people eat, drink and have sex.
On the street people call speed: Ice, crystal, glass, fire, crypto, chalk, meth or crank
Symptoms and effects
Speed has like most other drugs symptoms. Some symptoms of speed are:
● Increased energy and mania.
● Increased blood pressure and heart rate.
● Increased body temperature, sometimes to dangerous levels.
● Heavy sweating.
● Loss of appetite.
● Insomnia.
● Paranoia.
● Tremors and jaw clenching.
● Obsessive focus with performing repetitive actions.
Speed has also effects which can cause serious damage to your body or brain, it can even
result death. Regular users of speed are more likely to get this effects, how more often you
use speed how bigger the chance of getting one or several of the following effects.
● Damage to brain cells (neurotoxicity).
● Paranoia, anxiety, and insomnia.
General info on drugs
Symptoms
Mechanism
Addiction
Rehab
Recent research
Sources
What is speed?
Speed is a molecular compound and consists of the elements: carbon, hydrogen and
nitrogen. C9H13N
Mr= 12x9 + 1x13 + 14 = 108 + 13 +14 = 135
C= 108 : 135 x 100 = 80%
H= 9,63%
N= 10,37%
Speed is amphetamine, a stimulating drug which causes the users reward system in the
brain to trigger. This gives a feeling of pleasure. The drug uses dopamine, which is naturally
released in the brain when people eat, drink and have sex.
On the street people call speed: Ice, crystal, glass, fire, crypto, chalk, meth or crank
Symptoms and effects
Speed has like most other drugs symptoms. Some symptoms of speed are:
● Increased energy and mania.
● Increased blood pressure and heart rate.
● Increased body temperature, sometimes to dangerous levels.
● Heavy sweating.
● Loss of appetite.
● Insomnia.
● Paranoia.
● Tremors and jaw clenching.
● Obsessive focus with performing repetitive actions.
Speed has also effects which can cause serious damage to your body or brain, it can even
result death. Regular users of speed are more likely to get this effects, how more often you
use speed how bigger the chance of getting one or several of the following effects.
● Damage to brain cells (neurotoxicity).
● Paranoia, anxiety, and insomnia.
