title: Methamphetamine use dates to post-WWII era. Drug little-known risk factor in early AIDS days.
abstract: Originally manufactured by the Germans in the 1880s and later used by the Japanese as a means of keeping military personnel awake on long shifts, methamphetamine first was a significant presence in the Western United States in the late 1940s. For decades, methamphetamine use was limited to the West Coast and Hawaii, becoming popular at various times in a multitude of groups, including Hells Angels.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000266:history*; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D008694:Methamphetamine