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I'm what one could call a post-seasoned user and abuser of several banned substances and take it from me you do not want to mix amphetamines (speed) with exercise.
When exercising your heart rate increases tremendously, sometimes people often feel nauseas right after a hard workout. When you snort or bomb speed your heart rate will also race, you will be putting your heart under more pressure than is safe. Not to mention the blood vessels in your brain.
I'm assuming if you're at the point of considering drugs to aid weightloss then you are perhaps a bit overweight- this will only enhance the dangers again.
My advice is loose weight naturally and besides, you'd only talk shite at the gym when full of it anyway :crazyeyes
marblecat
Well i couldnt agree more with you there i think if someone wants to take something then there guna take it whatever anyone says so why not let them have it on perscription then at least they wouldnt have to go out and take someone elses stuff to feed there habit.A doctor did it down south somewhere i forget where but there was a program on it a bit back and it cut the crime rate about 85% in a matter of weeks. I mean dont just hand it out like no tommorow i mean they have to give a urine sample every week and if any street gear was found then theyd get kicked off no question. I dont know where you buy ya cigs from lol but last time i looked at them in the shop i couldnt believe it cors no one buys them from the shop do they and who can blame them .
(Bit of cut and paste here!
ADDICTION CRITERIA
* Taking the drug more often or in larger amounts than intended.
* Unsuccessful attempts to quit; persistent desire, craving.
* Excessive time spent in drug seeking.
* Feeling intoxicated at inappropriate times, or feeling
withdrawal symptoms from a drug at such times.
* Giving up other things for it.
* Continued use, despite knowledge of harm to oneself and others.
* Marked tolerance in which the amount needed to satisfy
increases at first before leveling off.
* Characteristic withdrawal symptoms for particular drugs.
* Taking the drug to relieve or avoid withdrawal.
According to large Government surveys of alcohol users, only
about 15 percent are regular. dependent drinkers. Among cocaine
users, about 8 percent become dependent. For cigarettes, the
percentage is reversed. About 90 percent of smokers are
persistent daily users, and 55 percent become dependent. Only 10 percent are occasional users.
Surveys also indicate that two-thirds to four-fifths of smokers
want to quit but cannot, even after a number of attempts.
Dr. Jack E. Henningfield of the National Institute on Drug Abuse
and Dr. Neal L. Benowitz of the University of California at San
Francisco ranked six substances based on five problem areas.
Withdrawal: Presence and severity of characteristic withdrawal
symptoms.
Reinforcement: A measure of the substance's ability, in human
and animal tests, to get users to take it again and again, and in
preference to other substances.
Tolerance: How much of the substance is needed to satisfy
increasing cravings for it, and the level of stable need that is
eventually reached.
Dependence: How difficult it is for the user to quit, the relapse
rate, the percentage of people who eventually become dependent,
the rating users give their own need for the substance and
the degree to which the substance will be used in the face of
evidence that it causes harm.
Intoxication: Though not usually counted as a measure of
addiction in itself, the level of intoxication is associated with
addiction and increases the personal and socIal damage a
substance may do.
.COMPARATIVE DATA CHARTS
1 = Most serious 6 = Least serious
HENNINGFIELD RATINGS
Substance Withdrawal Reinforcement Tolerance Dependence Intoxication
Nicotine 3 4 2 1 5
Heroin 2 2 1 2 2
Cocaine 4 1 4 3 3
Alcohol 1 3 3 4 1
Caffeine 5 6 5 5 6
Marijuana 6 5 6 6 4
BENOWITZ RATINGS
Substance Withdrawal Reinforcement Tolerance Dependence Intoxication
Nicotine 3* 4 4 1 6
Heroin 2 2 2 2 2
Cocaine 3* 1 1 3 3
Alcohol 1 3 4 4 1
Caffeine 4 5 3 5 5
Marijuana 5 6 5 6 4
In some cases the dependance to nicotine has been descibed as 25 times the strength to heroin. Though puting a value on the addictiveness of a substance is never going to be very accurate!
As for there being no 'withdrawl' from speed, well I guess your the person who is different. Most people have a nasty time of it, and I dont think its just the lack of energy thats the problem, its the mind set, when I stopped I was obsessing about it for ages afterwards and it really wasnt healthy.