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Tik, memory loss and stroke |
 | | Tik or methamphetamine, part of the amphetamine group of drugs, potent and easy to make, was first discovered in Japan in 1919. |
 | | According to the director of a large treatment facility, tik gives adolescents what they don't have: confidence, power and heightened sexual levels, the feeling of being on top of the world, especially if that world is ordinarily dominated by gangsterism, unemployment and poverty. |
 | | Tik affects dopamine primarily (as does alcohol), a neurotransmitter linked to pleasure and reward, and is thus highly addictive, one of the most psychologically-addictive drugs around. |
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