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DRUGS Drug-Infos       Alcohol Cannabis Cocaine Crack Ecstasy Heroin Ketamine LSD Meth Mushrooms Nicotine Speed Drug Checking Problems     Drugs & Society Alice in Drugland	SPEED • Speed (amphetamine) was produced in 1887 for the first time. Symptomatic of a society affected by an increasing pressure to perform it attained wide spread popularity since the nineties despite of prohibition. • The fact that pilots in the US airforce have obtain Speed for combat missions reflects the contradictions of the official drug policy. • The purity of illegalised Speed is heavily fluctuating. In most cases additives are mixed with Speed available on the street. • It is usually sniffed as a white or yellowish powder. Depending on the dosage the effect lasts up to 10 hours. • On Speed thinking seems to accelerate, euphoria occurs, and self-esteem is increased. • At the level of the body Speed suppresses hunger and fatigue. But there is no energy added to the body, as reserves are exploited untill total exhaustion. • High dosages and permanent use can lead to aggression, overestimation of one’s own capabilities, and confusion. • Possible adverse effects are: tachycardia, nausea, tremors, unclean skin and increased bowel activity. • Frequent use harms the mucous membrane of the nose and wastes the body. • When the effect decreases often a temporary depressive state occurs that can tempt one to take more. The risk of dependency is thereby relatively high. • The circulation is heavily burdened by Speed. Therefore it is important, specially while dancing, to drink water or juices, and to grant the body some rest. • If it’s sniffed through the nose there’s the danger of viral infections. Therefore bank notes should be avoided and one’s own tube should always be used. Questions / Comments / Problems: contact@alice-project.com ALICE - The Drug- and Culture-Project www.alice-project.com