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Methamphetamin

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Methamphetamin, (Grundlage des sog. „Crystal Meth“) bewirkt eine subjektiv empfundene Leistungssteigerung, eine Reduktion körperlicher und psychischer Müdigkeitserscheinungen sowie Euphorie. Seine Wirkung entfaltet es zentralnervös hauptsächlich über eine Konzentrationserhöhung von Noradrenalin und Dopamin im synaptischen Spalt.

Obwohl Methamphetamin keine neue Substanz ist, spielt es aufgrund der wachsenden Verbreitung in unserem Gesundheitssystem eine immer größere Rolle und erhält zunehmend mediale Aufmerksamkeit.

Es wird von einem breiten Spektrum von Konsumenten mit sehr unterschiedlichen Konsummotivationen eingenommen, darunter zur Leistungssteigerung am Arbeitsplatz, zur Bewältigung von Alltagssituationen und in bestimmten Teilen der Partyszene.

Schäden bei langfristigem Konsum betreffen mehrere Organsysteme und die Neurotoxizität führt zu deutlichen Defiziten in kognitiven Funktionen. Exzessive Gebrauchsmuster führen häufig zu psychiatrischen Symptombildern wie der sog. Amphetaminpsychose.

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Betzler, F., Köhler, S. (2016). Methamphetamin. In: von Heyden, M., Jungaberle, H., Majić, T. (eds) Handbuch Psychoaktive Substanzen. Springer Reference Psychologie . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55214-4_67-1

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