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- jonesin, on 10/12/2007, -6/+120Despite the lies of most drug campaigns, it's very true that meth is most definitely NOT one of the drugs you want to ever mess around with.
+Digg - asdfasdf, on 10/12/2007, -12/+89Contrary to popular belief, Meth does NOT cause physical withdrawal symptoms (except exhaustion, of course). However, it's so psychologically addictive that most people should just stay away from it (I say most because not everybody gets addicted to it). You feel like a God for 12 hours.. super speed, strength, intellect, charm, euphoria, etc..
I have a friend who's studying to become a dentist. In medical school he used to use any stimulant he could get his hands on. I don't know if most people know but worldwide, stimulants are too popular in the medical field. Be it caffeine or Meth, I would say almost all medical students have at least tried amphetamines/meth during exam week.
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/psychoactives.shtml Click 'meth' and learn about it.
I am by no way advocating meth use. This is one of the drugs (I can't even say this about heroin) that most people are best just to steer clear of, Simply because it's too good to resist doing it over and over.
edit: Oh and Meth doesn't mess up your face. If it's not synthesized properly (a meth lab in a trailer for example) you can get toxic poisoning from other substances, but pure meth isn't that dangerous physically. The Nazi's used it (Benzadrine) and Hitler was injected with it DAILY for years, and physically didn't look like these Methheads. However, when you stay awake for 1-3 weeks, you don't do your usual routine of brushing your teeth 2-3 times a day, you don't eat, you don't shower, etc.. and that's where the problems come from. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+59I'd hit it.......
.......with a baseball bat. - McMultiverse, on 10/12/2007, -14/+66http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/faces/photo_9.html
Meth turned him into Jesus. - ridgelawrence, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52He's just saying, if you were to try drugs, or if you do drugs, Meth is not one to do.
- knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -2/+49i thought they looked like ***** before using meth.
- tjeeds, on 10/12/2007, -1/+48what, like beer?
- TomP, on 10/12/2007, -10/+54Drugs are bad mmmmkay
- scott1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+40You think this is funny?Are you on meth or somthing?
- Anrkist, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33Site died.. try these on for size.
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/faces/photo_8.html - achoo5000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32Year 10 looks like Mick Jagger
- Rezzy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32That is ***** horrifying
- xelloss, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33Meth is some ***** up *****.
- strictlybogart, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29She reminds me of a handful of the locals around here..
- asdfasdf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30"asdfasdf thanks for that post. I agree with you. These people are nto even drinking their water, taking vitamins or even eating for days at a time.
What would a picture look of someone who abused a more pure form of meth without missing meals and taking vitamins, brushing their teeth and taking showers?"
Look at the millions of people (and kids!) who are prescribed Meth and Amphetamines in the US. You wouldn't be able to tell that they are taking a drug. Hitler was injected with Meth daily for years and most people still don't know that, and wouldn't be able to tell by looking at him (unless you see him give a speech..).
I have a friend who is prescribed Desoxyn (for ADD), and he tried it recreationally and said it's alright but "the fact that it is prescribed takes the thrill/fun out of the drug."
Thank you, "War on Drugs", for destroying lives and putting innocent people in jail.
http://csdp.org/ - motionblur, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26If any picture is worth a thousand words, the "10 Years of Meth Use" is the one.
- pseudojd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23What causes the facial marks? are they running into stuff all methed out?
- HamsterOfDeath, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22It would be fun to see a "ten years of Pepsi and fried food" slideshow where someone goes from 180 lbs to 400 lbs.
- dontbejack, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26Thanks. I couldn't tell.
- Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21And those are just the externally visible effects. A lot more is getting destroyed inside.
- stisev, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23"it's good that the americans won the 'war on drugs' or we'd all look like that!"
LOL. The stupidity in that comment is so supreme, I don't even know where to start! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21This one is better:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v13/therealduckie/downward-spiral.jpg (13 years) - Ryetronics, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20The hairstyles alone are horrifying.
- rhizome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20From boingboing, to IRC, to digg, to newspaper, to delicious, to metafilter, and back to digg again
- sneakerchad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Unfortunately I live in Phoenix, Arizona, an area with a lovely nickname which is "Valley of the Spun" and I see the horrible effects of meth everyday. My mother works in the police department of a "family oriented" suburb and she says that at least 80% of the domestic related problems are somehow related to meth use. I feel that meth is one of the most destructive forces in America today yet so much federal money is directed to stomping out pot use it just boggles the mind. I have never seen someone who is high on pot lash out violently towards another person or steal or commit a crime in order to get another fix.
- Abjure, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18If the facts won't scare you maybe her face will...
- cheez, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20like pot, for instance
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I've seen people strung out on meth. They pick at themselves. I think it's because they feel like their skin is crawling or itching all the time. But they definitley do that to themselves
- easycheez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15I encourage you to stray from that my friend. I've been around NA people for a significant amount of time and the question that always impacts the most is, Do you remember what kind of person you were before you started using? I like having a clear mind and a clear conscious, when I was drinking a lot I couldn't say that. Good luck man.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16asdfasdf thanks for that post. I agree with you. These people are nto even drinking their water, taking vitamins or even eating for days at a time.
What would a picture look of someone who abused a more pure form of meth without missing meals and taking vitamins, brushing their teeth and taking showers? - Ryetronics, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20Seriously, what would drive someone to try that drug after seeing a picture like that? Just like the anti-smoking talk we all got in elementary school (remember the pictures of the black lung and the tracheotemy patient?), pictures like these need to be shown to all kids at a young age.
- flameboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Theres nothing more painful than seeing an attractive girl destroy herself.
- TheAbsintheHare, on 10/12/2007, -12/+24I've been a meth user for close to two years now. The aforementioned pictures are extreme cases. Just like anything in the world, methamphetamine can be used and it can be misused; There's just a higher tendency to misuse meth as opposed to other drugs, because the people who do it tend to be the ones lacking exactly what the high happens to give you (a sense of happiness, self confidence, the ability to focus for long periods of time) which continually brings them back. I will admit though, this is not a drug you want to gamble with. I would never offer it to anyone, or reccomend it to anyone.
Pseudojd: The facial marks are caused by constant picking at the skin. When you do too much your brain enters this sort of 'repetitive thought loop' state. Sometimes that thought loop is taking something apart like an iPod (Done that before), or sometimes it's trying to figure a problem out, or sometimes it's finding blemishes on your skin... Whatever it happens to be, you end up spending about 5 hours doing it, so if it's the latter you end up tearing apart your skin. - preauxx, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20@nreynolds -
i'll bite. the lot of the anti-drug sites are quite ignorant to the honest facts regarding most psychedelic, hard and recreational drugs. like the tried and failed abstinence-only approach to sex education, by only providing people with an approach that few will take seriously and adhere to (complete abstinence), and not additionally providing them with information to use _safely_ if they choose to do so (thankyou, erowid.org) we are doing a great disservice to public health. strictlybogart's point was that their propaganda related to meth is perhaps the only drug that they are definitely right about. which, me being a person who has both used (heroin, iv cocaine, the whole lot of psychedelics), abused (ditto) and been around a lot of drugs, absolutely completely agree with. it's the absolute worst one out there. far far worse than street heroin, for example. - easycheez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I am just guessing here but like must uppers the user tends to grind thier teeth causing bone deterioration in the jaw region. Those concaves are that and lack of muscle tissue from the high levels of poison she ingests in her mouth/nose.
- CaseyUCF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10uhh, sarcasm?
- jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Meth has a lot of very corrosive byproducts. Over time the teeth get brittle and fall apart. Lost teeth give the face that hollow look.
- GuyHitByTruck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Are you surffing Digg durring church?! Somebody should tell them to turn off their access point durring sermons!
- asdfasdf, on 10/12/2007, -10/+20The drug didn't do anything, they DID do this to themselves. Why don't we show pictures of drunk drivers or their victims after an accident? or morbidly obese people and blame McDonald's?
People are responsible for their own bodies. Whatever happened to the Darwin award most of you give out to people after relavent posts? This is one of them. People need to take blame for their own actions.
Meth itself isn't physically dangerous, but put it in the wrong hands (or veins) and yeah, it'll ***** up a life, but that life was bound to be ***** up anyway. If Meth didn't exist these people would be on heroin, and if that didn't exist they would be on Alcohol and/or tobacco. Just as messed up, if not dead.
Methamphetamine afterall IS a schedule II drug. It's prescribed by doctors. We give Amphetamines and Meth to children for ADHD/ADD.
"Yeah let's treat meth addiction by putting her in gaol instead of treating it as a medical condition. Meth is one of the most addictive drugs out there and the pushers know it. The War on Drugs at work."
This is true. Mod her/him up! These guys used meth because it was cheap and available. In we were to end the War on Drugs, we can provide Meth, cocaine and heroin via prescription to addicts. We can treat them and help them recover. As it stands, addicts _will_ get their drug no matter what/who stands in their way. Even if they have toddlers running around the house, they're going to start a meth lab if not commit crime to afford the drug.
End prohibition 2.0 NOW. - TheAbsintheHare, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10They're mugshots, as the person is repeatedly being arrested for various crimes. Or, so I read on one of the sites displaying the pictures.
- zephc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9More like Iggy Pop http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/HT/05/Leather_Face.jpg
- mentor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I'm sure I've seen this set of photos demonstrating 10 years of heroin use...
- s14sh3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I feel for you, man, I really do.
I've done meth in the past. Fortunately, I was one of the few lucky ones who got out before it was too late. I don't do any kind of drugs, don't drink, and I haven't done so in years. It saddens me when I see someone try to justify meth use. I have no problem at all with a little weed, but meth...that's a different story. I've lost entirely too many friends to that *****. I've had so many friends turn into monsters that I won't have anything to do with it any longer. My message to anybody around me who does that ***** is simple: "do meth and you can forget about having me as a friend".
If you don't understand what I'm talking about right now, wait a little bit until you've destroyed your life enough and then it'll become clear. Unfortunately, by that time it's usually too late.
You're in my prayers. Walk away from it now before it's too late. - XxXoldsaltXxX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Good ole' rotten http://poetry.rotten.com/spiral/
- GuyHitByTruck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"when does use turn into mis-use?"
When you have to ask! - ChileanGoD, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9You become like one of those aliens in cocoon. Another 10 years of use and you'll start to glow and float arround.
- archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8You can recognize that someone is responsible for their condition, and still feel compassion for them.
What is it that a certain Galilean said some 2,000 years ago? Hate the sin, not the sinner? These people need help, medical help.
"Every junkie's like a setting sun"
--Neil Young, The Needle and the Damage Done - the6thReplicant, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Yeah let's treat meth addiction by putting her in gaol instead of treating it as a medical condition. Meth is one of the most addictive drugs out there and the pushers know it. The War on Drugs at work.
Ciao - jonnyfatman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8when does use turn into mis-use?
- TheAbsintheHare, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12I forgot to mention that I do not look anything like the above pictures, I've never had a problem with picking at my skin, and I know plenty of people who use meth and don't have these problems either.
*shrug*
It is what it is.
(Why am I, and the person above me, who appear to be the only two people who have commented, who actually have experience with the given situation and know what we are talking about, getting digged down?) -
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