Amphetamines - Bennies, Black Beauties, Crank, Ice, Speed, Uppers,

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Substance Use - Amphetamine
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Amphetamine is a drug. They can be legal or illegal. They are legal when prescribed by a doctor and used to treat conditions such as obesity, narcolepsy, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Amphetamine use can lead to addiction.

Amphetamines are illegal when used to get high or improve performance without a prescription. In this case, they are known as street, or recreational drugs, and using them can lead to addiction. This article describes this aspect of amphetamines.

Types of Illegal Amphetamines
There are different kinds of street amphetamines. Common ones and some of their slang terms are:


Amphetamine:
goey, louee, speed, uppers, whiz
Dextroamphetamine (ADHD medicine used illegally):
dexies, kiddie-speed, pep pills, uppers; black beauty (when combined with amphetamine)
Methamphetamine (crystal solid form):
base, crystal, d-meth, fast, glass,ice, meth, speed,whiz, pure, wax
Methamphetamine (liquid form):
leopard's blood, liquid red, ox blood, red speed
Illegal amphetamines come in different forms:

Pills and capsules
Powder and paste
Crystal
Liquid
They can be used in different ways:


Swallowed
Dabbed onto the gums
Inhaled through the nose (snorted)
Injected into a vein (shooting up)
Smoked