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Urban Meth Use on the Rise
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| Jan 28 2005
| AP
Posted on 01/28/2005 6:54:13 AM PST by pickemuphere
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Meth has it all: it's addictive, cheap, and easy to produce.
To: pickemuphere
``12-step group Crystal Meth Anonymous``
Boy, I bet that's a motley crew.
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:15:34 AM PST
by
mlbford2
("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
To: pickemuphere
Experts say the drug started to catch on in urban areas in the club and rave scenes and sometimes among particular populations, such as gay men. That's been the case in such cities as Washington, D.C., and Chicago, says Thomas Lyons, a research associate with the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Often, he says, meth use has been associated with increases in sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. I can hear it now. It is Bush's fault. If only he had fully funded x. The CIA planted it. Our behavior and choices had nothing to do with it...
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:19:44 AM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: pickemuphere
Sure - and it's doled out to kids in schools for ADHD, where they pick up the habit of substance abuse. I wonder if anyone's ever done a study on this ?
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:21:34 AM PST
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: pickemuphere
Meth is even more ravaging to a person than cocaine, and cocaine ain't no picnic.
Meth causes permanent brain changes (as does cocaine, but to a much more profound level). Dopamine emitters are permanently destroyed, making a person more susceptible to Parkinsons Disease and causing lifelong depression, which of course is treatable with SSRI's.
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:22:04 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Running around in a circle waving my arms and screaming like a little girl)
To: cinives
Sure - and it's doled out to kids in schools for ADHD Ritalin, Adderol, and Stratera are so far removed from Methamphetamines that it's not even funny. They have some of the same chemical bases, but the effects are worlds apart.
Think: Novocaine vs. Cocaine.
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:23:47 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Running around in a circle waving my arms and screaming like a little girl)
To: mlbford2
Boy, I bet that's a motley crew.The first time I went to an Atlanta Narcotics Anonymous meeting, I was scared sh*tless. In a row, sitting in front of me, was a long-hair hippy type, a business-suited salesman, a leather-and-studs tough "Kill You Happily And Spit Out Teeth" biker type, a 16 year old sweet little girl, and an elderly lady doing crochet.
I nearly ran out of the room.
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:26:18 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Running around in a circle waving my arms and screaming like a little girl)
To: Lazamataz
Wow, talk about falling into the rabbit hole. (Alice in Wonderland)
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:29:05 AM PST
by
mlbford2
("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
To: mlbford2
Addiction doesn't discriminate!
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:32:20 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Running around in a circle waving my arms and screaming like a little girl)
To: Lazamataz
You forgot two - dexedrine and desoxyn. Both are still prescribed for ADHD.
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:40:27 AM PST
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: pickemuphere
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:44:49 AM PST
by
CFW
To: pickemuphere
Meth is really hot around this area (not urban), pictures in the local paper almost always have some very bad teeth people being arrested.
If you want to be rich, don't bother making meth ect... peddle the ingredients in mass. You can make a fortune owning a wholesale distribution business and selling on the side.
BTW.. our local wholesale person is due in court next month. He had to sell his new Cadillac to pay a lawyer.
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posted on
01/28/2005 7:50:33 AM PST
by
LowOiL
("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
To: cinives
Not nearly as much since Ritalin and Adderol came on the scene. Besides, even dexedrine and desoxyn aren't meth.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:01:44 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Running around in a circle waving my arms and screaming like a little girl)
To: pickemuphere
Urban Methane?
Farting on the bus?
What are they talking about?
Maybe I should actually read the article.............
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:03:22 AM PST
by
WhiteGuy
(The Constitution requires no interpretation, only enforcement.)
To: CFW
One of those women looked like she was turning into Gollum.
To: Lazamataz
I am aware of situations where Ritalin and other ADHD drugs are abused. The pills are crushed and snorted by the abuser to get a meth like high. It is usually the parents who are taking the drugs prescribed for their kids.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:36:53 AM PST
by
newbolt
To: newbolt
I am aware of situations where Ritalin and other ADHD drugs are abused. The pills are crushed and snorted by the abuser to get a meth like high.Almost anything can be abused. So there's no real new point to be made, there.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:38:31 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Running around in a circle waving my arms and screaming like a little girl)
To: Lazamataz
Besides, even dexedrine and desoxyn aren't meth. Go ahead and boot some desoxyn and talk to me about the difference later. Adderal is a pretty damn good amphetamine but it won't do the crank/desoxyn trick.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:49:34 AM PST
by
Nov3
("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
To: Nov3
Go ahead and boot some desoxyn and talk to me about the difference later. Adderal is a pretty damn good amphetamine but it won't do the crank/desoxyn trick.Meth is quite different, perhaps because it's primary method of ingestion is being smoked (Ice). I know speed freaks who were pill people, and they don't even SLIGHTLY compare to the meth (smoker) crowd.
Even in my worst cocaine addiction I still knew better than to EVER do meth. That stuff simply crumples you up and throws you away.
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posted on
01/28/2005 8:56:40 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Running around in a circle waving my arms and screaming like a little girl)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
01/28/2005 4:21:53 PM PST
by
TKDietz
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