Faces of Meth

neoflex · 03-11-2010, 04:32 PM

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/wgh...9.photogallery

03-11-2010, 04:40 PM

What's up with all the sores on their faces?

NCRadioMan · 03-11-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Darrell

What's up with all the sores on their faces?

One reason for this is because users often feel like they have bugs under their skin and they obsessively pick at their skin until a sore forms. Also, acne appears on their skin because of poor hygiene and because blood is restricted from the vessels. Along with picking on these acne spots and the hallucination of bugs, sores take longer to heal.

Looks like the dude in the last pics also took some Rogaine. Or maybe meth regrows hair! Hmmmm

Jbailey · 03-11-2010, 04:44 PM

Yeah.......that's more than enough reasons to not touch that stuff.

mithrilG60 · 03-11-2010, 04:45 PM

One of the side effects of drugs like meth is hyper-stimulation of the skin's nerve endings. To many people this give a sensation like insect crawling under your skin. They get the sores from obsessively picking at their skin trying to get rid of the "bugs". It doesn't help that long-term use of meth produces psychosis which makes this behaviour worse.

borndead1 · 03-12-2010, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mithrilG60

It doesn't help that long-term use of meth produces psychosis which makes this behaviour worse.

I had a friend go "over the edge", never to return. Had another friend get dangerously close to the edge. Luckily he's OK now...well, he's OK mentally. He did end up with Hepatitis C from shooting meth.

Long term users develop a weird sort of paranoid schizophrenia. There's always some kind of "plot" against them, people out to get them for something they did or something they know. The first friend ran off to Las Vegas because he was convinced that the DEA was after him for something he did in the 80s...he thought his house was bugged and the neighbor had cameras pointed at his windows. My second friend -- get this -- thought that his girlfriend was pregnant with another man's baby, and that he (my friend) had killed this baby by having sex with his girlfriend and "poisoning" her with his toxic sperm, and this other dude was out to kill him. I was ready to call the guys in white coats to haul him away, but managed to get him to go to sleep. When he woke up, I sat him down and had a LONG talk with him.

Most drugs, even harder ones like cocaine and heroin, have at least some kind of redeeming/medical quality in their pure form.

Meth does absolutely NOTHING except destroy people's lives.

OK...since someone else "came clean" in this thread, I will too.

I used to be a meth user, from age 19 to about 23. I also came dangerously close to drug-induced psychosis. Luckily my wake up call actually woke me up.

Most addicts get several "wake up calls". Some listen, some don't. I'm glad I did.

BUT THEY'RE STILL OUT TO GET ME!!!!!!!!!

Starscream · 03-11-2010, 05:16 PM

Pic 29-30 is hiliarious.

Not funny that she became addicted to meth, but the transformation in appearance in general.

GreekGodX · 03-12-2010, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by andysutherland

Pic 29-30 is hiliarious.

Not funny that she became addicted to meth, but the transformation in appearance in general.

Meth actually helped 3-4's looks

On a serious note this is just terrible. 16 people that have thrown their lives away.

mosesbotbol · 03-11-2010, 05:26 PM

These people had a issues before the meth addiction hence the "before" police photos. Very sad, but sometimes we have to make our own bed if you know what I mean.

BigFrank · 03-11-2010, 05:30 PM

crazy

blugill · 03-11-2010, 05:33 PM

That is one drug I'd never tangle with, ever.
I'll stick to caffeine, nicotine, and the occasional scotch

Razorhog · 03-11-2010, 05:43 PM

I've seen this before, very scary. Had a friend that died from meth use.

floydpink · 03-11-2010, 05:47 PM

I was gonna comment that some look like the junkies around Florida and noticed it is Hillborough County Sherriff, so it IS the junkies around here.

Glad the stuff wasn't around when I was running wild, or at least i never saw it.

Not sure why, but meth is unfortunately popular with the redneck hillbilly crowd. Maybe it's cheap?

NCRadioMan · 03-11-2010, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by floydpink

Glad the stuff wasn't around when I was running wild, or at least i never saw it.

Meth (speed, crank, glass, ice) has been around for a long, long time.

Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai.

G G · 03-11-2010, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Meth (speed, crank, glass, ice) has been around for a long, long time.

Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai.

So that's what was wrong with uncle Bill.

03-12-2010, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by floydpink

I was gonna comment that some look like the junkies around Florida and noticed it is Hillborough County Sherriff, so it IS the junkies around here.

Glad the stuff wasn't around when I was running wild, or at least i never saw it.

Not sure why, but meth is unfortunately popular with the redneck hillbilly crowd. Maybe it's cheap?

I dunno, but I was surprised the first few times I heard that Montana was the meth capital of the world. ND is pretty high on the list too.

Partagaspete · 03-14-2010, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by floydpink

I was gonna comment that some look like the junkies around Florida and noticed it is Hillborough County Sherriff, so it IS the junkies around here.

Glad the stuff wasn't around when I was running wild, or at least i never saw it.

Not sure why, but meth is unfortunately popular with the redneck hillbilly crowd. Maybe it's cheap?

The reason it is hitting small town america is it is easy for Bithlo Bob to set up a little chemisry set and crank it out in his single wide. Making easy money, Who cares about the lives it destroys.

To those BOTL that got over your addictions you have my respect. I can only imagine how tough it must have been

CEC_Tech · 03-11-2010, 06:02 PM

I understand it's cheap to make and can be made from household items. My wife works at as a pharmacy tech, and all drugs like sudafed can only be purchase a box at a time and you have to submit your drivers license. It's an ingredient of meth apparently.

G G · 03-11-2010, 06:06 PM

That is one bad drug. read a book about it a while back, and it totally changes your brain chemistry, which all drugs do but meth does in one month what it takes takes coke a year or more to do.

rhmalone · 03-11-2010, 06:18 PM

Imagine the stories behind the eyes.

03-11-2010, 04:32 PM	#1
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03-11-2010, 04:40 PM	#2
Darrell Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Faces of Meth What's up with all the sores on their faces?

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Jbailey Brewcifer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Madison, WI Posts: 5,212 Trading: (17)	Re: Faces of Meth Yeah.......that's more than enough reasons to not touch that stuff. __________________ "Sent to spy on a Cuban talent show first stop- Havana au go-go." Field Marshall Douche Bag.

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mithrilG60 Feeling at Home Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Geoff Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 733 Trading: (2)	Re: Faces of Meth One of the side effects of drugs like meth is hyper-stimulation of the skin's nerve endings. To many people this give a sensation like insect crawling under your skin. They get the sores from obsessively picking at their skin trying to get rid of the "bugs". It doesn't help that long-term use of meth produces psychosis which makes this behaviour worse.

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Starscream Knowhutimean, Vern? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: In a little town somewhere in the USA Posts: 10,237 Trading: (4)	Re: Faces of Meth Pic 29-30 is hiliarious. Not funny that she became addicted to meth, but the transformation in appearance in general. __________________ Insert quote here.

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mosesbotbol That's a Corgi Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Moses Location: Boston Posts: 6,171 Trading: (6)	Re: Faces of Meth These people had a issues before the meth addiction hence the "before" police photos. Very sad, but sometimes we have to make our own bed if you know what I mean. __________________ Port Wine & Claret \| British Cars \| Welsh Corgi's

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blugill Feeling at Home Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Andy Location: Enid, Oklahoma Posts: 867 Trading: (10)	Re: Faces of Meth That is one drug I'd never tangle with, ever. I'll stick to caffeine, nicotine, and the occasional scotch __________________ My Blog

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Razorhog Feeling at Home Join Date: Jul 2009 First Name: Beau Location: NE Arkansas Posts: 600 Trading: (4)	Re: Faces of Meth I've seen this before, very scary. Had a friend that died from meth use.

03-11-2010, 05:47 PM	#13
floydpink crazy diamond Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: Orlando Posts: 1,955 Trading: (17)	Re: Faces of Meth I was gonna comment that some look like the junkies around Florida and noticed it is Hillborough County Sherriff, so it IS the junkies around here. Glad the stuff wasn't around when I was running wild, or at least i never saw it. Not sure why, but meth is unfortunately popular with the redneck hillbilly crowd. Maybe it's cheap? __________________ "If we weren't all crazy we would go insane"

03-11-2010, 06:02 PM	#18
CEC_Tech Old CS Gorilla Join Date: Feb 2010 First Name: Armando Location: TEXAS!!! Posts: 202 Trading: (5)	Re: Faces of Meth I understand it's cheap to make and can be made from household items. My wife works at as a pharmacy tech, and all drugs like sudafed can only be purchase a box at a time and you have to submit your drivers license. It's an ingredient of meth apparently.

03-11-2010, 06:06 PM	#19
G G BR549 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Greg Location: Taylor, FL. Posts: 12,731 Trading: (10)	Re: Faces of Meth That is one bad drug. read a book about it a while back, and it totally changes your brain chemistry, which all drugs do but meth does in one month what it takes takes coke a year or more to do.

03-11-2010, 06:18 PM	#20
rhmalone Still Watching My Back Join Date: Jan 2010 First Name: R. Harrison Location: Indiana Posts: 208 Trading: (5)	Re: Faces of Meth Imagine the stories behind the eyes. __________________ R. Harrison Malone The Ring Gauge Review