The metanfetaminas (desoxiefedrina) are drugs known by his stimulant effects and that generate a big addiction between the consumers. This drug acts straight on the nervous system, reverberating straight in the sensations and ways of behaving of the person.

This is the image of a person who consumed this drug for long periods. To the left a woman is seen, relatively healthy. To the right there is a portrait of the same woman, 3 years and 5 months later. The images speak for themselves. The use of metanfetaminas for long time periods someone cause side effects as: A la derecha se encuentra un retrato de la misma mujer, 3 años y 5 meses después. Las imágenes hablan por sí mismas. El uso de metanfetaminas por periodos largos de tiempo ocasionan algunas efectos secundarios como:

• Loss of weight
• Addiction
• Depression
• Psychosis
• Intensive fall of the teeth
• Acne and injuries in the skin.

The metanfetaminas were synthesized in Japan, in the year 1893, from the Ephedrine, thanks to the work of the chemist Nagayoshi Nagai. From his discovery, the use that was given to this stimulant was principally in the army. During the second world war, the Germans were distributing dose of this drug, under the name of Pervitin, to a big variety of his troops. Enclosed Adolf Hitler, from 1942 and up to his death, was getting daily metanfetaminas doses for intravenous route like a method to diminish the fatigue and the depression. One believes that due to the use so intense that it gave to the stimulant, it began to develop symptoms similar to the evil of Parkinson. Durante la segunda guerra mundial, los alemanes distribuían dosis de esta droga, bajo el nombre de Pervitin, a una gran variedad de sus tropas. Incluso Adolf Hitler, desde 1942 y hasta su muerte, recibía dosis diarias de metanfetaminas por via intravenosa como un método para disminuir la fatiga y la depresión. Se cree que debido al uso tan intenso que le dio al estimulante, comenzó a desarrollar síntomas similares al mal de Parkinson.

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