Methamphetamine
(meth, crank, speed, crystal)

Methamphetamine is a very powerful and addicting narcotic. Though it is a Scheduled 2 narcotic; it is readily availability on the streets for a considerably cheap price. An addiction to methamphetamine can totally disassociate a person from his or her everyday life.
Methamphetamine was first synthesized in 1919 by Japanese scientist A. Ogata. During World War 2 methamphetamine is given to troops to increase performance. In the 1960's methamphetamine becomes very popular inn the United States, though soon after the government labels it as a controlled substance.
The chemical name for methamphetamine is a-Dimethylbenzene-ethanamine and its chemical formula is C10H15N. The nitrogen means that this compound is an amine. Methamphetamine's chemical properties are very closely related to the properties of amphetamine except methamphetamine has an extra carbon chain and a few hydrogens.



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