Posted by laima on October 27, 2006, at 11:18:09
In reply to Re: LSD never tried it , have you?, posted by dbc on October 27, 2006, at 10:38:48
Interesting. I didn't know meth was from Japan or an epidemic there. The person who told me that "fact" about it being developed in US probably had it all wrong, and definately has political/class injustice interests. Maybe she meant to say it's a working class drug sometimes used for fatigue relief by over-worked labourers. It sounds like a truely horrifying substance, and I do know it's rampant in the US- I just don't personally know of anyone using it- probably a social class thing? Or because I tend to be surrounded by a lot of "intellectual"/academic types who aren't interested in it? (?) Those that would be, I'd speculate, would go for coke instead. Or precriptions. Which must explain why a certain pharmacist at my otherwise lovely pharmacy hassles me whenever I get a dose change or "refill too soon" with ritalin.I can't look down on the meth people either, but I feel very, very sad for them.
> Methamphetamine is everywhere on the west coast. Chances are at least every other person you see on the street will know someone who's ruined their lives with it.
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> As far as its history i belive it was invented by a japanese scientist in the 1890s and has pretty much been a full scale epidemic in japan ever since.
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> Its definetly a working class drug.
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> I cant really look down on people who use it, if it werent for my monthly prescription of 270 dextro-amphetamine i'd probably end up in a nuthouse. Treatment resistant dysthymia + inattentive AD/HD seems to be utterly debilitating in everyone unlucky enough to be afflicted by them (me included).
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