North Korea Drugs Shock – Vast Numbers Addicted to Crystal Meth
North Korea drugs shock – vast numbers addicted to crystal meth
Most of the 24 million population struggle to feed themselves, yet more than 70 percent are thought to have taken lethally addictive methamphetamine, known as crystal meth. In some areas up top to 50 percent of people are allegedly addicted. The … Read more on Daily Star
How North Korea got itself hooked on meth
A new study published in the journal North Korea Review says that parts of North Korea are experiencing a crystal meth “epidemic,” with an “upsurge” of recreational meth use and accompanying addiction in the country's northern provinces. “Almost every … Read more on Washington Post (blog)
Breaking Bad and crystal meth – a chemical reaction
And because dopamine, a critical link in the psychological reward pathway, is released (to ten times its normal levels) it produces addiction – powerful addiction. Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive substances we know of. The crystal form is … Read more on The Conversation