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Speed
Speed is the street name for Amphetamine. Like coke it's a stimulant that people take to keep them awake and alert. It's Britain's least pure illegal drug. It's often taken along with E.
ID: Amphetamine Sulphate, Phet, Billy, Whizz, Sulph, Base Amphetamine, Paste, Base Ice, Meth, Methamphetamine, Dexamphetamine, Dexies, Dexedrine, Yaba
APPEARANCE AND USE
Amphetamines like speed are usually sold in wraps like cocaine. The powder is off-white or pinkish and can sometimes look like small crystals. Base speed is purer and is a pinkish-grey colour and feels like putty.
Crystal meth, or methamphetamine is processed speed that looks like off-white rocks or crystals.
Prescription amphetamines like dexamphetamine are usually small white pills.
Speed's either dabbed onto the gums or sniffed in lines like cocaine using a rolled up bank note. Sometimes it's rolled up in cigarette paper and swallowed. This is called a speedbomb. It can be mixed in drinks, or injected and methamphetamine can be smoked in its 'crystal' form.
The effects kick in after about half an hour if ingested but much quicker if injected or smoked (methamphetamine) and can last for up to six hours. But it all depends on the quality of the speed. The high is followed by a long slow comedown.
THE EFFECTS
*Speed makes people feel wide awake, excited and chatty. Clubbers take it because it gives them the energy to dance for hours without getting knackered.
*Speed was once the main ingredient in diet pills because it stops people feeling hungry.
There is a flip side:
*It's impossible to sit still or sleep on speed
*The come down can make users feel irritable and depressed and can last for one or two days.
*Speed makes some people panicky. Sniff a lot in a short space of time and expect hallucinations.
All information sourced from www.TalktoFrank.com