Stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine activate the cardiovascular system, increase blood pressure, and elevate sympathetic tone, leading to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and dementia with regular use.

“So it is a stimulant and stimulants in general are are bad when it comes to cardiovascular health I mean you know we see the same thing with methamphetamine really any stimulant is activating your cardiovascular system increasing your blood pressure, increasing your sympathetic tone, all of those things over regular use and regular time is causing pretty significant challenges to your homeostasis of your body and is going to lead to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, stroke, dementia, all the bad stuff.”