A New, Cheaper Form of Meth Is Wreaking Havoc on America

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[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There is this guy about 4 steps removed from my family and then only by a long ended marriage that is a meth head. He needs to go to jail for a year or two to dry out but they keep letting him go. Every time I hear his name, which is not often, I expect to hear he has died.

[–]mongre 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What's fucked about this meth (or ingenious, depending on how you look at it) is that IT DOESN'T KILL YOU like the meth in the past.

What this doesn't mention is ephedrine was the go-to method of making meth because the DEA cut off many of the old chemists and their sources for creating it.

As the global trade progressed, these chemicals became readily available and replaced ephedrine. These chemicals enable cooks to create a product virtually identical to pharmaceutical grade meth.

This means no more face scabs and mouths full of rotten teeth. This means your average grandpa, cousin, neighbor, friend, teacher, etc can do meth on the regular and YOU WILL NEVER KNOW.

I know high-level businessmen, firefighters, professionals of varying sorts who do this stuff every day and you would never know to look at them. It's everywhere.