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SUBMITTER: Barr AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1557685 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barr Alasdair M AM Panenka William J WJ MacEwan G William GW Thornton Allen E AE Lang Donna J DJ Honer William G WG Lecomte Tania T
Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN 20060901 5
The psychostimulant methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive drug that has surged in popularity over the last decade in North America. A burgeoning number of clandestine drug laboratories has led to dramatic increases in MA production, which have resulted in significant public health, legal and environmental problems. Current evidence indicates that exposure to MA is neurotoxic, and neuroimaging studies confirm that long-term use in humans may lead to extensive neural damage. These physiologic ...[more]