[neverdem]

I wonder if similar differences are seen with chronic cocaine abuse.

[neverdem]

PING

[The Libertarian Dude]

Finally... an article about drug use that isn't hyperbole.

[dix]

Read later.Thanks for the post.

[1rudeboy]

Anyone who's seen Cops knows that meth-users are not your garden-variety cretins.

[octobersky]

Yet another reason to just say no. Too bad some who abuse drugs think they are invincible or know they are not and just don't care.

[Larry381]

Here's hoping they don't do a study of former heroin users.

[agitator]

This is your brain on Moveon.org

[goldstategop]

I would think so too. People tell me I look surprisingly young for my age. Maybe its genetics but I suspect a good diet and not abusing alcohol or drugs is part of the picture too. Be good to yourself and you'll live a very long life. And with age comes increased wisdom. Our lives are a gift from God and when we remember that we'll be happier.

[Mr. Mojo]

Penny Wood, 1998

Penny Wood, 2002

[martin_fierro]

[GSlob]

I would like to point out that there is one more aspect to the problem: many of us know and can name a few so harmful and dangerous people that severe brain damage in them would be a godsend to the nation and maybe even to mankind as a whole. (I am not sure that there would be a unanimity about their names, but a measure of general agreement seems possible).
Thus the question properly becomes: damage to WHOSE brain?

[martin_fierro]

[sc2_ct]

Meth is one seriously nasty drug. It's easy and cheap to get/make, very easy to get hooked, and harder to quit than anything I know of. When I was a stupid teenager I played with crystal meth and really managed to screw myself up. Thankfully I managed to pull out of it, but my cousin is still hooked on the stuff years later. It is really a tragic situation, since even if you do quit, meth makes permanent changes to the mapping of the pleasure centers of your brain, and you can never feel "happy" the same way again.

[counterpunch]

http://news.google.com/news?q=This%20Is%20Your%20Brain%20on%20Meth%3A%20A%20Forest%20Fire%20of%20Damage&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wn

Click on the google link above, then click on the top link with this text:

This Is Your Brain on Meth: A 'Forest Fire' of Damage
New York Times, NY
... The first high-resolution MRI study of methamphetamine addicts shows "a forest fire of brain damage," said Dr. Paul Thompson, an expert on brain mapping at the ...


This will avoid NYT registration.

[lafroste]

I wonder if similar differences are seen with chronic cocaine abuse.

From what I've seen, methamphetamine makes cocaine and crack look like baby food by comparison. That stuff is incredibly dangerous, and when it fries you, you stay fried.

[.cnI redruM]

High 19 out of 30 days, it was under any of the users were still coherent.

[jnarcus]

oh but let's go ahead and legalize all drugs so people can ingest whatever they want...NOT. great post...Much of this damage is similar to what Ecstacy does to the brain

[Slings and Arrows]

I wonder if similar differences are seen with chronic cocaine abuse.

Hmmmm...could be.

[jocon307]

Great graphic, so colorful.

Speed kills.

[searchandrecovery]

Also, never mix diet coke and aspirin.