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They are still somebody to somebody else: somebody's daughter, son, brother, sister, mother, father, husband, or wife. And we can only watch in powerless horror as our loved one is stolen away from us and, day by day, cut by cut, over months and years, butchered and left to decompose before our eyes.

This is Meth. This is what it does to us. Why have we as a society allowed our leaders and law enforcement agencies to pussy-foot around with this?

Because they are somebody to somebody ELSE
I know the horror of being addicted.
I know the horror of having close friends addicted while you are not.
Luckily, I had the strength to break the addiction. Others do not, even when help is offered and accepted.

I really believe that there are personalities that are susceptable to addiction and personalities that are not susceptable to addiction.

Does that make it right for society to turn a blind eye? No.
But society CAN'T care unless a vast majority within the society care.

Most people have not been addicted. Most people don't know the agony of deciding between the next fix and that months rent. Most people haven't seen someone they know waste away before their eyes and become a zombie, looking for the next fix no matter what the cost, and the cost can be extremely high.
So society will continue to turn a blind eye because most people don't know.

Joe, I want to thank you for sharing. Part of being a good nurse is learning more about what the patient experiences. This is not the ‘drug OD in bed 2;’ this is a human being. Do you know what I mean?

I hate meth probably more than any otherillicit drug. And that’s saying a lot right there, because I hate what drug abuse does to people. I see it every day. But meth is probably the most awful. And the fact that we as a society will not destroy the people who make it really frustrates me.

Joe, I appreciate your candor on this thread. I also hate what drugs do and I would like to know what you would recommend “society” do to help? (not being snarky, truly looking for your insight)

I have friends with an addicted son. They have put him in rehab multiple times, and each time he gets out he *jumps* (not falls, jumps) off the wagon. They finally had to move and not let him know where they live because he would steal their stuff and sell it. He lives on the streets now. They have cell phones so he can call them, and they go to see him regularly, but have no further way to help.

In fact, he has now even dragged his twin brother into his nightmare. He used his brother’s name when he was in jail, so now his brother (straight arrow, never in trouble) has a mess to clean up.

So, what do *we*.... his society...do? There is no want for money to help him, or people who care, or offers of help. He doesn’t want it.