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Who Invented Meth: The Origins of Meth Its History in WWII According to what is known from history, meth was originally invented in 1893 by a Japanese chemist who synthesized the drug from another stimulant That being said, it wasn’t until 1919 that Japanese chemist Akira Ogata created a more efficient method of making meth, utilizing phosphorus and iodine to crystalize ephedrine and create crystal meth
Origins of Meth - Arkansas Department of Human Services Methamphetamine was first developed in Japan In 1885, Nagai Nagayoshi discovered that ephedra, a plant used to treat breathing conditions such as asthma, also contained ephedrine, a chemical stimulant Eight years later, he synthesized methamphetamine In 1919, Akira Ogata discovered a way to break ephedrine down into a crystal-like form
The History of Meth: From Hitler to Kerouac - HowStuffWorks In one four-month period in 1940, the German military gobbled more than 35 million meth tablets The pills were known to cause adverse health effects in some soldiers, but commanders immediately realized that stimulants went a long way toward the Nazi dream of creating super-soldiers
Methamphetamine - Wikipedia The highest prevalence of illegal methamphetamine use occurs in parts of Asia and Oceania, and in the United States, where racemic methamphetamine and dextromethamphetamine are classified as Schedule II controlled substances
History of Methamphetamine (Meth) - Recovery. org The first mainstream methamphetamine epidemic occurred in Japan In fact, Japanese kamikaze pilots were documented to be high on meth during World War II 5 Additionally, Japanese factory workers took methamphetamine to work longer hours and ward off fatigue
Methamphetamine: A History - Narconon In 1919, there was another significant milestone for this drug The first crystallized methamphetamine was created in a Japanese lab Crystallized methamphetamine is stronger, purer and when it began being abused several decades later, could be smoked It is very quick to addict a person
Where Did Meth Come From? A History of Methamphetamine While amphetamines were first discovered in 1887, the discovery of methamphetamines occurred shortly thereafter Nagayoshi Nagai first synthesized methamphetamine, a variant of amphetamine, in 1893 in Japan from a chemical that is commonly known as ephedrine
Meth Facts, History, and Statistics | Drugabuse. com Compared to other manmade drugs of abuse, methamphetamine is very old Its chemical progenitor drug—amphetamine—was first produced in the late 1880s in Germany About 30 years later, Japan began making a more powerful, chemically modified version of the drug called methamphetamine