I 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?)
@HappyScrappyHitler's doctor, Theodor Morell, injected Hitler with many substances and catalogued each injection. Among them were stimulants, cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamines.
firstly people take drugs because they think its cool because goverment ban it, they want to try new risky things...for example if you were with your friends and one pulls out coke, since its illegal you will be like this is the sh*t the goverment dont want us doing this , it means its good...so you take it, if it was cheap and legal what would happen? You would go, nah if I want to try it I will go and buy some for very cheap...same goes for herion, extasy, meth, coke or any other drug...For example when its legal you can go and say to the hospital I just took herion and I dont feel good, since you pay taxes they treat you..if you dont feel good and you know its from herion you cannot tell the cops or hospital that .etcIts just my opinion..
Most of the danger associated with drug use is lack of education, and poor manufacturing. (A direct result of the drugs being illegal).I've never understood how people could become addicted to meth. I agree that it is an awesome high, for a night. But I really don't see how people can keep taking it to stay up past 48 odd hours.
WTF does this have to do with religion? I am not religious so I'm not directly offended by your comment but I know others may be and thats not even close to what the topic is.
Meth gives you persistent cottonmouth (lack of saliva). Saliva is was remineralizes the surface of your teeth. Without saliva, your teeth quickly decalcify and become brittle, then you lose them. There are medications and mouthwashes to help offset the effects, but meth users generally don't use them. When my father had throat cancer, the radiation treatment killed most of his salivary glands, so he had to use special mouthwash a few times per day to keep his teeth healthy.Meth users' teeth problems have little to do with grinding teeth or toxins in the meth, and mostly to do with lack of saliva.
I don't think the correct question to ask is if meth is addictive or destructive or not. The evidence speaks for itself... as with any addiction (physical or psychological) people will begin to sacrifice things that they used to care about to devote more time and energy to their addiction. This is true of any addictive behavior, drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling. It doesn't matter WHAT it is, what matters is the effect it has on people's lives. And I mean the users/abusers AND the people that their addiction drives them to victimize in so many ways; such as the family member they steal from, the neighbor whose house they break into, the child that does not get adequate care or is exposed to toxic chemicals in an in home lab, the motorists injured in drug caused accidents. The fact is is that it destroys lives and relationships. Yes, these people need help,and yes they chose to get involved in drug use/abuse- but they should be held accountable for the crimes and offenses that result from it. I work in law enforcement, and in my experience, drug charges come as an additional charge after the person is already in custody for theft, burglary, disorderly conduct, assault, etc, etc. When they are searched incident to arrest, the drugs are found and they are charged with possession. Again, the evidence for the overall effects of meth on our society speaks for itself.
Woa, comments!- Well even if it is legal to use mug shots for public campaigns (in the US), that still does not make it right. People are not meant to be turned into a freak show, unless of course they are responsible adults who agree to do so by personal choice.... She (presumably) gave her authorization but only as part of a plea bargain... that does not qualify at all as a free choice.- Thanks haceldama for your wise input!Indeed, as far as I know, we lack treatment and care options that reliably work for meth.Overall, I wish more efforts were put into finding solutions for drug users that respect their humanity and their dignity (and improve their health...)instead of maintaining endlessly drug policies and practices that do not work.
Agree whole-heartedly with awsaws. But I feel it should be taken much further: total legalization of all recreational drugs. Put in place a system for prescribing them, for multiple reasons: to educate the user with the true danger(s) of their drug(s) of choice, educate on how to avoid addiction, watch for developing addictions/dangerous use, and promote harm minimization. Factual drug education is critical, rather than scare tactics and "false advertising" (that's right peoples, very few recreational drug users have smashed eggs for brains!) that just makes people laugh at you and disbelieve or at least question everything else you claim is true. Being told that using drugs will make you psychotic or brain damaged, and then seeing some/many of your friends or peers using various drugs, and not only seem to be having an awesome time, but also not being psychotic, and not having any grades slipping... well, there goes your credibility forever. The truth, however: son, there is a small chance that drug "x" will make you paranoid, or even bring on early schizophrenia if you're genetically susceptible. That would make me think long and hard before partaking. I?d also be much more likely to believe you in the future and respect you. The drugs would be much higher quality (ie: pharmaceutical grade) than shed/kitchen "labs", making them much safer to begin with (no left over reagents or other possibly dangerous chemicals used/created because the chemist learnt his trade in year 8 science), much cheaper (mass produced by large pharmaceutical companies), driving the "drug lords" out of business (no way on earth could they compete with a legal manufacturing process), and drastically reducing crime committed by addicts needing to fund their next hit. Suddenly the entire judicial system has a lot more time on its collective hands to deal with real criminals, since they aren't booking people that, for the most part, would only be harming themselves if they weren?t committing secondary crimes to buy their next fix - also the reason for the supervised "prescription" - prohibition doesn't work, hence the "prescribers" offering harm minimization advice, and there could be diversion options for those that are heading for/are addicted to go into free treatment* (counseling, buprenorphine/methadone programs, etc). The argument that "well, if they're legal, then everyone is going to start using drugs" is just plain rubbish. In the countries where trials have been run, there is only a small increase in the number of users. Someone who chooses not to use drugs now is highly unlikely to start just because they became legal. An individual?s morality and ethics are not usually tied to whether something is written in law or not, but by how they?re brought up. *How does this new system get paid for? The massive amount of tax brought in by the now legal recreational drugs. All of those billions of dollars that were going to criminals, gangs and "terrorists" suddenly starts flowing into the legal economy. Then, of course, there is also the money previously being wasted catching, booking, holding and imprisoning people that the new system wouldn't even see as criminals. You cannot (well, SHOULD not) be able to tell me what I am allowed to do with my body and my mind, and cast me down to the same level as murderers, rapists and child molesters, if you catch me exercising this most basic of rights? to do with my body as I see fit? to explore my mind with these wonderful tools.
Yea but try snorting a rail and f**king! 100X more powerful orgasms then the usual piece of ass. f**king unbelievable! Yea you would have to be diseased in the head to want to do it all the time and stay up for days at a time. But one night out is not hurting anyone. You got to use your brain if you want to be hardcore.
I realize it has been over a year since you typed the message I am responding to. I am wondering how you are? Is everything in your life still the same. Good job, girl friend, plenty of friends and family. I have not used meth but have personal experience with it. I was raised in a family of constant drug abuse. I saw things that have changed my life forever. Your drug abuse affects the people around you. The question I have never gotten answered is, why do you do meth. I know the high is out of this world but it is not something that lasts. So whats the point?
A hardcore dumbass that is... And no I am not a prude, certainly not about pot for example, OTH meth does make people literally insane I had a cousin in rural Oregon who got into meth and he'd ride around all day on a sketchy 30 year old 100 cc. street bike with a sawed off shotgun under his jacket looking for chainsaws to steal, last I heard he was in jail, brrrrrr ugh. Another douchebag methhead in the neighborhood shot the local general stores newspaper vending machine with a shotgun to steal the change. Did I mention that staying up for days on end and shotguns that meth freaks tend to love is a bad combo?
theabsinthehareSep 3, 2006
I 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?)
allan17Sep 3, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://poetry.rotten.com/spiral/">http://poetry.rotten.com/spiral/</a>^^ take a look at the first girl on the left
loveandrocketsSep 4, 2006
@HappyScrappyHitler's doctor, Theodor Morell, injected Hitler with many substances and catalogued each injection. Among them were stimulants, cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamines.
knightblade2oo4Sep 4, 2006
id also like to take this time to show you the [reply] button.
repomanSep 4, 2006
firstly people take drugs because they think its cool because goverment ban it, they want to try new risky things...for example if you were with your friends and one pulls out coke, since its illegal you will be like this is the sh*t the goverment dont want us doing this , it means its good...so you take it, if it was cheap and legal what would happen? You would go, nah if I want to try it I will go and buy some for very cheap...same goes for herion, extasy, meth, coke or any other drug...For example when its legal you can go and say to the hospital I just took herion and I dont feel good, since you pay taxes they treat you..if you dont feel good and you know its from herion you cannot tell the cops or hospital that .etcIts just my opinion..
rosencavelierSep 7, 2006
Most of the danger associated with drug use is lack of education, and poor manufacturing. (A direct result of the drugs being illegal).I've never understood how people could become addicted to meth. I agree that it is an awesome high, for a night. But I really don't see how people can keep taking it to stay up past 48 odd hours.
twoeyesSep 8, 2006
WTF does this have to do with religion? I am not religious so I'm not directly offended by your comment but I know others may be and thats not even close to what the topic is.
johnboiwaltuneSep 8, 2006
Meth gives you persistent cottonmouth (lack of saliva). Saliva is was remineralizes the surface of your teeth. Without saliva, your teeth quickly decalcify and become brittle, then you lose them. There are medications and mouthwashes to help offset the effects, but meth users generally don't use them. When my father had throat cancer, the radiation treatment killed most of his salivary glands, so he had to use special mouthwash a few times per day to keep his teeth healthy.Meth users' teeth problems have little to do with grinding teeth or toxins in the meth, and mostly to do with lack of saliva.
larryonthewebSep 9, 2006
This video shows pictures taken by a Police Dept of meth addicts when they were first arrested and what they looked like after being arrested 6/12months/3years later. It's a sad look into what addiction and misery can do to people.<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Qzv5wh7-k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Qzv5wh7-k</a>
bluemonkey29Oct 19, 2006
Such a pity to see people destroying their bodies unnecessarily.
tempo27Oct 21, 2006
I don't think the correct question to ask is if meth is addictive or destructive or not. The evidence speaks for itself... as with any addiction (physical or psychological) people will begin to sacrifice things that they used to care about to devote more time and energy to their addiction. This is true of any addictive behavior, drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling. It doesn't matter WHAT it is, what matters is the effect it has on people's lives. And I mean the users/abusers AND the people that their addiction drives them to victimize in so many ways; such as the family member they steal from, the neighbor whose house they break into, the child that does not get adequate care or is exposed to toxic chemicals in an in home lab, the motorists injured in drug caused accidents. The fact is is that it destroys lives and relationships. Yes, these people need help,and yes they chose to get involved in drug use/abuse- but they should be held accountable for the crimes and offenses that result from it. I work in law enforcement, and in my experience, drug charges come as an additional charge after the person is already in custody for theft, burglary, disorderly conduct, assault, etc, etc. When they are searched incident to arrest, the drugs are found and they are charged with possession. Again, the evidence for the overall effects of meth on our society speaks for itself.
awsawsJun 10, 2007
Woa, comments!- Well even if it is legal to use mug shots for public campaigns (in the US), that still does not make it right. People are not meant to be turned into a freak show, unless of course they are responsible adults who agree to do so by personal choice.... She (presumably) gave her authorization but only as part of a plea bargain... that does not qualify at all as a free choice.- Thanks haceldama for your wise input!Indeed, as far as I know, we lack treatment and care options that reliably work for meth.Overall, I wish more efforts were put into finding solutions for drug users that respect their humanity and their dignity (and improve their health...)instead of maintaining endlessly drug policies and practices that do not work.
rosencavelierJun 15, 2007
Agree whole-heartedly with awsaws. But I feel it should be taken much further: total legalization of all recreational drugs. Put in place a system for prescribing them, for multiple reasons: to educate the user with the true danger(s) of their drug(s) of choice, educate on how to avoid addiction, watch for developing addictions/dangerous use, and promote harm minimization. Factual drug education is critical, rather than scare tactics and "false advertising" (that's right peoples, very few recreational drug users have smashed eggs for brains!) that just makes people laugh at you and disbelieve or at least question everything else you claim is true. Being told that using drugs will make you psychotic or brain damaged, and then seeing some/many of your friends or peers using various drugs, and not only seem to be having an awesome time, but also not being psychotic, and not having any grades slipping... well, there goes your credibility forever. The truth, however: son, there is a small chance that drug "x" will make you paranoid, or even bring on early schizophrenia if you're genetically susceptible. That would make me think long and hard before partaking. I?d also be much more likely to believe you in the future and respect you. The drugs would be much higher quality (ie: pharmaceutical grade) than shed/kitchen "labs", making them much safer to begin with (no left over reagents or other possibly dangerous chemicals used/created because the chemist learnt his trade in year 8 science), much cheaper (mass produced by large pharmaceutical companies), driving the "drug lords" out of business (no way on earth could they compete with a legal manufacturing process), and drastically reducing crime committed by addicts needing to fund their next hit. Suddenly the entire judicial system has a lot more time on its collective hands to deal with real criminals, since they aren't booking people that, for the most part, would only be harming themselves if they weren?t committing secondary crimes to buy their next fix - also the reason for the supervised "prescription" - prohibition doesn't work, hence the "prescribers" offering harm minimization advice, and there could be diversion options for those that are heading for/are addicted to go into free treatment* (counseling, buprenorphine/methadone programs, etc). The argument that "well, if they're legal, then everyone is going to start using drugs" is just plain rubbish. In the countries where trials have been run, there is only a small increase in the number of users. Someone who chooses not to use drugs now is highly unlikely to start just because they became legal. An individual?s morality and ethics are not usually tied to whether something is written in law or not, but by how they?re brought up. *How does this new system get paid for? The massive amount of tax brought in by the now legal recreational drugs. All of those billions of dollars that were going to criminals, gangs and "terrorists" suddenly starts flowing into the legal economy. Then, of course, there is also the money previously being wasted catching, booking, holding and imprisoning people that the new system wouldn't even see as criminals. You cannot (well, SHOULD not) be able to tell me what I am allowed to do with my body and my mind, and cast me down to the same level as murderers, rapists and child molesters, if you catch me exercising this most basic of rights? to do with my body as I see fit? to explore my mind with these wonderful tools.
wishninjaJun 27, 2007
Yea but try snorting a rail and f**king! 100X more powerful orgasms then the usual piece of ass. f**king unbelievable! Yea you would have to be diseased in the head to want to do it all the time and stay up for days at a time. But one night out is not hurting anyone. You got to use your brain if you want to be hardcore.
mom4lifeOct 10, 2007
I realize it has been over a year since you typed the message I am responding to. I am wondering how you are? Is everything in your life still the same. Good job, girl friend, plenty of friends and family. I have not used meth but have personal experience with it. I was raised in a family of constant drug abuse. I saw things that have changed my life forever. Your drug abuse affects the people around you. The question I have never gotten answered is, why do you do meth. I know the high is out of this world but it is not something that lasts. So whats the point?
frankybmeSep 26, 2008
I have to tell the truth, but just the way you end up looking is enough for me to never ever even think of using! <a class="user" href="http://www.simple-ways-to-make-methamphetamine-treatment.info/">http://www.simple-ways-to-make-methamphetamine-tre ...</a>
Closed AccountNov 27, 2008
A hardcore dumbass that is... And no I am not a prude, certainly not about pot for example, OTH meth does make people literally insane I had a cousin in rural Oregon who got into meth and he'd ride around all day on a sketchy 30 year old 100 cc. street bike with a sawed off shotgun under his jacket looking for chainsaws to steal, last I heard he was in jail, brrrrrr ugh. Another douchebag methhead in the neighborhood shot the local general stores newspaper vending machine with a shotgun to steal the change. Did I mention that staying up for days on end and shotguns that meth freaks tend to love is a bad combo?
Closed AccountNov 27, 2008
That's pretty funny... in Reno we have a prefecture called "S(p)un Valley"
superdiggNov 27, 2008
"Recent ActivityTheAbsintheHare has no recent activity. ".. uh oh!