History Of Meth - From American Meth Movie

From American Meth By most accounts, amphetamine first came to be in the late 1880s, after it was synthesized in Germany. At the time, it was a drug looking for a disease. It stayed that way until 1919, when a Japanese pharmacologist developed a derivative, known as Methamphetamine. The drug was harvested and used for a multitude of over-the-counter purposes, including asthma and narcolepsy. Meth was used in the 1930s on bomber pilots to maintain their alertness. It’s also been said the drug was given to kamikaze pilots and Nazi troops during the invasions of Poland and Russia. It’s been noted, as well, that Adolf Hitler received daily injections of meth from 1942 until his death in 1945. A meth epidemic hit post war Japan in the mid 1940’s, and spread to Guam and the U.S. Marshall Islands. In the 1950s, Meth was legally marketed in the United States as Benzedrine, used to fight obesity, narcolepsy and sinus inflammation. “Pep Pills” or “Bennies” were also being used on the social front by truck drivers and college students. Things took a drastic turn in the 1960s. It was during that time that meth made it’s way into the underground market and found a home in the growing biker gang population. In 1970, the Controlled Substances Act restricted the use of injectable meth, and the race to find a new way to get it began. Primitive meth labs began to appear and have continued to evolve, as has the drug. The once water-soluble drug that was taken in the pill form has progressed to a refined concoction that is more than 99% pure and more than six times more powerful. Mega labs, most of which are said to originate in Mexico, have begun to dissolve the need for the home lab, and can produce hundreds of pounds at a time.