[rogue yam]

This article could have been written any day for the last thirty years, with the exception of the HIV part (then it's twenty years). Speed kills. Always has, always will. Anybody who is around drugs enough to score knows this. The ones who ruin their lives either don't care or mistakenly believe they are among the few who can dabble but not indulge. All this excuse-making about the "victim" being a wholesome innocent who didn't know the dangers until it was too late is complete and utter b.s. in 99.99+% of the cases. Speed kills. Don't play the game if you care what happens to you. Period.

[TheSpottedOwl]

If I can expand on your point, when one is on drugs your reasoning abilities are not there. Homosexuality, was for the longest time, listed as a mental condition. Add something like Ecstasy, amyl nitrite, or any kind of stimulant, and you've got a recipe for disaster.

Until these folks(I'm talking about anyone who does "speed") quit doing the drugs, they aren't able to control themselves.