Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Life Ed Blog post about Meth

Meth is a drug that can affect you badly here are some things about it and what it does to you. Meth raises the body temperature to dangerous levels, which can lead to a rise in the heart and respiratory rates as well as organ failure and brain damage. Meth also has psychosis which causes the user to see and hear or even feel things that are not there. Meth also leads to depression which can often lead to exhaustion, confusion and sometimes makes people think about suicide.

Antoine Dixon was a convicted New Zealand thief and murderer. He took meth, and he thought his wife was cop and was spying on him. One day Antoine's wife had a friend over and Antoine thought she was a cop to. And that they were spying on him. So he got so angry that he cut of his wife hand with a samurai sword and went on a 11 hour spree of violence. He was sent to prison more than 14 times. On the 17th of January 2009 he was found in his cell lying there dead the day before his Court trials.