And it's illegal for kids to have alcohol, isn't it?
I've known a couple of former meth users. They say it is the worst drug going. Period. Far worse than booze, cocaine or heroin.
You familiar with a synthetic ecstasy substitute known as 2C-T-7 [aka *blue mystic,* *T-7,* *7-up* and *Tripstacy?*
Being dead two hours after ingestion is worse than most methhead cases of which I'm aware. But they're no picnic, either.
I knew a couple in Vietnam. Others used it, but didn't go crazy. It's can be bad news, but you also hear the same stuff about crack cocaine. Do you recall the friendly fire incident in Afghanistan in which our aviators bombed Canadians by accident? Their defense, which was insufficient, was they had taken dexamphetamine which was issued to them because of their extremely long range missions.
Both of those chemicals and their variants engage the pathways of the nervous system that use the same neurotransmitter, dopamine, just like morphine, marijuana, ethyl alcohol and nicotine.