I am so fucking sick of people making sweeping generalizations about certain types of drug users, especially methamphetamine. I don't run around this forum and harp on the heroin/opiate users and say that they're lazy, slow, broke, begging scum of society. I don't tell the people who smoke weed that they're dumb, fat, lazy, slow and eat too much. I don't tell the mushroom heads or acid users that they should hop out of the 60's and get with the current times...Mostly because first of all, I don't think any of that. Second, it's none of my god damn business to judge anyone and the choices that they make until they directly effect me. This website is supposed to be a Harm Reduction website, not a Let's Judge our Fellow Drug Users website.
Now, I am fully aware that there are definitely some methamphetamine users that certainly fit the stereotype. They steal, lie, are paranoid, delusional and what have you. HOWEVER - it is ignorant and plain rude to make sweeping generalizations saying that "tweakers are already a delusional, paranoid bunch..." Um, last time I checked, I'm not delusional or paranoid any more than the next sober person sitting next to me. I don't rob anyone, I never have and I never will. I don't bother my neighbors, hell, I'm probably more quiet than I would be if I wasn't using.
The way people act and the morals they have aren't a direct result of a drug. Perhaps attitudes, morals and behaviours are modified, or better yet, intensified by some drugs, yes, especially meth. If you were paranoid to begin with, it'll probably perpetuate that feeling. For me, smoking pot makes me a million times more paranoid than being high on speed. If a tweaker is a lying, stealing asshole, they were probably a liar and a robber and an asshole to begin with - maybe they never had stolen anything before they started using, but if they can reach down deep enough and think it's okay to do that, they had it in 'em before they started using the drug.
Blah blah blah, right? Just another craaaaaaaaaaaazy tweaker bitch, right? Think what you will. Nobody is any better than any of those 'paranoid delusional tweakers.' If you think you are better, you're the delusional one.
Just my $0.09 pesos.