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"The Worlds Most Dangerous Drug" on National Geographic Channel

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nikki87

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Hi everyone,

I watched "Worlds Most Dangerous Drug" about a week ago and it really impacted on me - even though I've never done Ice/Meth and I doubt I ever will. Many of my friends have though and my boyfriends done it once.

Just wondering if anyone else has seen it and has thoughts, etc - this thread could be a discussion about the documentary as well as your real-life experiences, so to speak.

Just a quick overview on the documentary I found on the National Geographic channel:

Methamphetamine - or ""meth"" for short - is considered one of the hardest addictions to quit. Its abuse is sweeping the globe and making headlines in every major metropolis. What makes this drug so powerful, addictive and destructive? National Geographic Channel correspondent Lisa Ling tracks the grimy world of meth from the US to Thailand. Riding with specialised law enforcement agents, Ling exposes the gritty lives of traffickers and addicts. See the faces of real meth users, where before-and-after pictures alone tell a stunning story of the drug's punishing physical effects. But behind the face, the drug has an even more destructive impact on the brain - both physiologically and psychologically.
 
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I think this guy has something to say about dangerous drugs.
 
Trogdor said:
This would probably be better suited to Drug Culture...
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Sorry. It's my first time posting something like this. I thought since it was a documentary then it'd belong in Drugs in the Media.

Moderators, move if I've put this in the wrong section. Thanks.
 
Methamphetamine is far from the menace that the media makes it out to be. I have been using methamphetamine recreationally 3 to 4 times a year for three years. Anymore would certainly make me a deranged paranoid maniac...hence, I make sure I have downtime to crash. Some people are more susceptible to certain addictions. One person could become addicted to Benadryl to go to sleep, while some people can take something like ambien, benzos or painkillers for extended amounts of time and are able to stop. Drug use is far too personal for the media to make the claims it is making....look at marijuana. Look at Ecstasy. Their will ALWAYS be a drug that is fashionable to talk about. Don't believe the crap out there and make your own educated choices. Peace.
 
bluecloudsky4 said:
Their will ALWAYS be a drug that is fashionable to talk about. Don't believe the crap out there and make your own educated choices.
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Yes I agree with you. I didn't mean for this thread to talk about "how bad meth is, etc, etc" just to discuss it and see if others had watched it.
The documentary certainly paints meth users/addicts in a bad light, but just about every "drug documentary, article, etc" does, no matter what the drug.
The people I know who have used meth/ice have never had any problems with it - eg/addiction, etc and I haven't tried it so I'm not one to judge.
I think moderation is the key to any drug and knowing how much and how often you can handle.
 
bluecloudsky4 said:
Methamphetamine is far from the menace that the media makes it out to be. I have been using methamphetamine recreationally 3 to 4 times a year for three years. Anymore would certainly make me a deranged paranoid maniac...hence, I make sure I have downtime to crash...
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true.

but it sounds like you have more self control than 95% of the people who use meth. the media's view is based off of (usually misinformed) scientists and police reports. it IS a HUGE problem in america right now, and i'm pretty sure it's because it's so easy to produce and import. While you may have controll over your own well being, others (mostly in poverty) find that meth is the greatest thing to ever come into their lives.

mary jane and ecstacy require media bullshit to make it fashonable to talk about. meth does it's own talking.
 
We all know meth is evil, we dont need to be informed of this fact by NGC. Still, it was pretty entertaining when they were talking about the 2 tweekers who walked into the woods to get away from imaginary people. It sounded like a datura trip, not meth.

The supply companies started adding something toxic to anhydrous ammonia to make it harder to cook the meth!!
 
The much weaker relative of meth, amphetamine, has provided struggles for me in the past, which I could have done without.

Although much weaker, this popular drug in the uk has still been troublesome for many.

It would be really stupid for me to try meth, even once, as the seed only needs planting once.
 
nikki87 said:
Methamphetamine - or ""meth"" for short - is considered one of the hardest addictions to quit.
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heh

opiates, cocaine, benzos, alcohol, and nicotine are also each considered to be one of the hardest addictions to quit.

they call meth "The Worlds Most Dangerous Drug" ?

this is so stupid!
 
nikki87 said:
Methamphetamine - or ""meth"" for short - is considered one of the hardest addictions to quit. Its abuse is sweeping the globe and making headlines in every major metropolis.
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Yawn. It's been sweeping the globe for the past five years...
 
I saw that Documentry


While im not defending ice or anything that particuler documentry was a bit on the propaganda side of things

Was quite suprised as a saw a documentry on nat geo a few weeks ago about ice that wasnt so demonizing and presented the facts as they were (which are bad really)

Just thought this was a bit much though they made a few good points
 
Meth is significantly more toxic than most recreational drugs, although I definitely think alcohol and nicotine could give it a run for it's money.

I'm not going to defend meth. But I don't believe it is as much of a problem as they say it is. Also, if it were legal and people could buy it in the stores, we would take the profits away from organized crime, and protect meth cook's children from exposure to toxic chemicals.

If meth provides some degree of happiness to people with otherwise miserable, meaningless existences, is it not doing some sort of good? And I hate how these documentaries go on and on about the horrors of methamphetamine, while completely forgetting to mention that it is an FDA-APPROVED pharmaceutical drug, and was first synthesized by the U.S. government. I mean shit, Cannabis is on a higher Schedule than Meth.
 
Meth is not a substance in which i'm terribly literate, but it would be interesting to see a statistic for how many users are actual addicts. Although the media is fond of sweeping claims of the addictive potential of many drugs, the fact is most people who use coke, downers, speed, e, etc do so occasionally and not concurrent with the standard addiction profile. I'd be interested to see how meth compares in that respect. It may be a serious problem for many individuals but if youre gonna proliferate the notion that most people who use meth are seriously fucked up, youve gotta back that up or shut it. Thats all I have to say.
 
And yet you never hear of sensationalist alert "documentaries" on alcohol, a drug whose addiction causes so much violence and death each year. All I can say is, thank god meth is illegal.

I would think that alcohol would have been the topic of this report were alcohol illegal and meth legal.
 
never really was interested in amphetamines including coke, but the documentary was pretty eyeopening in the way it portrays the users but it didnt really change the way i felt about it still disgusts me but to each its own
 
spacefacethebassace said:
Meth is significantly more toxic than most recreational drugs, although I definitely think alcohol and nicotine could give it a run for it's money.

I'm not going to defend meth. But I don't believe it is as much of a problem as they say it is. Also, if it were legal and people could buy it in the stores, we would take the profits away from organized crime, and protect meth cook's children from exposure to toxic chemicals.

If meth provides some degree of happiness to people with otherwise miserable, meaningless existences, is it not doing some sort of good? And I hate how these documentaries go on and on about the horrors of methamphetamine, while completely forgetting to mention that it is an FDA-APPROVED pharmaceutical drug, and was first synthesized by the U.S. government. I mean shit, Cannabis is on a higher Schedule than Meth.
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ehhh...hate to nit-pick but, Methamphetamine or Methadrine was first synthesized in Japan in 1893, not by the US. shit we didn't even synth amphetamine first, the Germans did in 1887.
 
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