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When you think about Colorado, you picture the colorful mountains, ski resorts, and the beautiful mile high city. But you don’t think about the silent killer of the youth: Meth. Meth overdoses in Colorado have surpassed rates of heroin for the first time in decades. Meth hasn’t made any big headlines, been put out there, etc., like the opioid crisis is. Even though “meth possession arrests outnumber cocaine and her ion arrests combined in the city.” (CPR.org). Colorado is one of the top 10 states for meth use, and increasing every year. In 2013, over 3% of high schools claimed that they’ve tried meth. This number looks small however, over 80% of people who’ve used meth relapse.
So what is Meth and why is it so addictive? Meth or methamphetamine is a drug that was used to help with ADHD. Now a street drug, that comes in through the New Mexico border and from Mexican cartels. You can still see similar formulas and traces of it in new drugs like adderall. Meth can be smoked, swallowed (pills), sported and injected. Meth is very addictive for a few reasons. Like every other street drug, like heroin, when drug users use it they get a very different, certain high and after they come down they crave that high again. The thing about street drugs though, especially meth, your NEVER going to get the same high as your first high which makes it so dangerous and addictive to the young population. Another reason is the high you get fades really quickly and start what’s known as a “binge and crash” pattern. People will give up sleep and food for this drug, then hit a very hard comedown known as a crash.