{"id":12237,"date":"2022-10-28T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/?p=12237"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:07:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:07:10","slug":"crystal-drugs-in-south-africa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/crystal-drugs-in-south-africa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Drugs in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><div class=\"contained\"><div><div><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h1>Crystal Drugs in South Africa<\/h1><a href=\"#recoveryModal\" class=\"btn submit\" data-toggle=\"modal\">Reach out now, we can help<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header><div id=\"crumbs\" class=\"contained\" data-is-podcasts=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\">Home<\/a>  \/  <\/div><h3 data-date='28 October 2022' class='article-title'>Crystal Drugs in South Africa<\/h3><div class='info'><span>28 October, 2022<\/span><span>Articles, News<\/span><\/div>\n<p>When referring to Crystal drugs in South Africa, it is most likely to be Crystal Methamphetamine also commonly known as &ldquo;Tik&rdquo;.&nbsp; Crystal meth can be smoked using a glass pipe, snorted, ingested, and injected intravenously. It has become a popular party drug and has rapidly spread across South Africa. As the drug has gained popularity, the clear and obvious negative consequences associated with addiction have increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does crystal drugs affect the body?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand why <a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/drug-addiction\/meth-addiction\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/drug-addiction\/meth-addiction\/\">Crystal drugs in South Africa<\/a> is so popular, it is important to know how the drug affects the body. When Crystal Meth is taken it produces an intense feeling of euphoria, this state of euphoria is often described as more intense than cocaine. Usually, the price of Crystal Meth is a lot less than that of cocaine making a better option for the user, this means more &ldquo;Tik&rdquo; can be used for lower price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high\nproduced by Crystal Meth, produces an intense, unnatural boost of dopamine in\nthe brain. This causes a strong desire to continue using the drug to maintain\nthe high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some of the\nsigns of Crystal Meth use are:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Disrupted\nsleep patterns \/ insomnia<\/li><li>Weight\nloss <\/li><li>Skipping\nmeals<\/li><li>Delusional\nbehavior<\/li><li>Hallucinations<\/li><li>Paranoia<\/li><li>Tooth\ndecay<\/li><li>Constant\nitching<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of\nthose addicted to Crystal Meth experience some form of psychosis. Psychosis can\nbe described as a disconnect from reality. There is a distortion in what they\nperceive as real, they experience feelings of paranoia, experiencing\nhallucinations and hold onto false ideas even though they are provided with\nevidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crystal Meth is highly addictive and almost always leads to symptom of Substance Use Disorder (Addiction). If you are concerned for someone that is using, it is important to <a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"seek out professional help (opens in a new tab)\">seek out professional help<\/a>. Those trapped in addiction are never able to see how bad their situation is.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Drugs in South Africa Reach out now, we can help Home \/ Crystal Drugs in South Africa 28 October, 2022Articles, News When referring to Crystal drugs in South Africa, it is most likely to be Crystal Methamphetamine also commonly known as &ldquo;Tik&rdquo;.&nbsp; Crystal meth can be smoked using a glass pipe, snorted, ingested, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-articles","entry"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA.jpg",500,338,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA-300x203.jpg",300,203,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA.jpg",500,338,false],"large":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA.jpg",500,338,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA.jpg",500,338,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA.jpg",500,338,false],"alm-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRYSTAL-DRUGS-IN-SOUTH-AFRICA.jpg",500,338,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Crystal Drugs in South AfricaReach out now, we can helpHome \/ Crystal Drugs in South Africa28 October, 2022Articles, News When referring to Crystal drugs in South Africa, it is most likely to be Crystal Methamphetamine also commonly known as &ldquo;Tik&rdquo;.&nbsp; Crystal meth can be smoked using a glass pipe, snorted, ingested, and injected intravenously. It has become a popular party drug and has rapidly spread across South Africa. As the drug has gained popularity, the clear and obvious negative consequences associated with addiction have increased. How does crystal drugs affect the body? To understand why Crystal drugs in South Africa&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/category\/news\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"admin","url":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/author\/admin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}