Meth, or crystal methamphetamine, is an intensive stimulant and a very dangerous and addictive drug. It stays in your system for 48 hours, but is detectable in urine for five days, up to eight days in the blood and up to 90 days or more in hair follicles. There is no way to completely clean it out of your system, and there's no point trying detox kits or drinking cranberry juice or any of these things as it will just flag the drugs test up as abnormal and you will fail anyway. There are various anecdotes used by people to try and rid the system of the drug before a drugs test and there may well be accounts of success online but the bottom line is that this is a highly powerful drug and should be avoided at all costs. Meth has a history of use among gay men as it leads to heightened sexual arousal amongst other feelings such as euphoria, alertness, and a very intense 'rush', such as with crack cocaine but it lasts for longer, between four and 12 hours. It comes in a variety of forms, but the 'ice' form, which is smoked, is the most potent. Apart from anything else it causes a rapid heart rate and raised blood pressure, agitation, paranoia, confusion and violence, as well as meth-induced psychosis, stroke, lung, kidney and gastrointestinal damage. If you are using meth please seek professional advice to help you stop as it will only cause great damage to your physical and mental health and well being.
