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Ice (crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride)

Number 1.28 July 2003, revised April 2006
For a general audience

"Ice" is a street name for crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride, which is a powerful, synthetic stimulant drug. Stimulant drugs speed up the messages going to and from the brain.

Ice is more potent than other forms of amphetamines. It is more pure than the powder form of methamphetamine ("speed").

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