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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 07:32 AM
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From DrugFree.org it's... "The Faces of Meth" (caveat: shock value pic)
The years year have has not been kind. It gets worse



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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 07:58 AM
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1. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 08:07 AM
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2. That's is a bunch of bull.
Edited on Thu Jul-27-06 08:08 AM by RebelOne
I have known meth users and they have never been affected like that. In fact, some of those guys look as if they had been beat up.
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 12:32 PM
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15. There's a BIG difference between casual weekend users and
the ones who are totally strung out, stay up for weeks at a time, and live for the drug. I've seen the effects first hand on a few people that I know.
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 01:07 AM
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28. I knew a bunch of crystal meth users back in the '80s
(worked in a resort in Palm Springs -- everyone but me was using both that and cocaine) and they also escaped unscathed in terms of such radical effects, but they tended to use it as a supplement to cocaine and not as their prime drug of choice. The person who became my wife was one of them, and kicking it all was relatively easy for her.

I see a few regulars (your basic crazy variant of the Reagan-era street person, whether homeless or not) on the street here in Vegas who've almost certainly sold their souls for crystal meth...they look a good 30 or 40 years older (and I'm talking a bad variant on aging, with none of this perrenially youthful Ann Margret/Sophia Loren/Tina Turner stuff going on) than they really are and are always majorly strung out on something whenever I have the misfortune of encountering them (I seem to be something of a magnet for weirdos, drunks, and high-fliers). It's evil stuff. All mind-altering substances are anathema to me, but some are worse than others and crystal meth is one of the most insidious. Not the WWII Luftwaffe's greatest contribution to modern technology.
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 01:34 AM
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31. I've had more than one obviously tweaked out meth user ask me
for money and yes indeed, the bad ones DO look like that.

Bad facial sores, and a premature aged look. It's really sad.

These are the hardcore constant abusers, and that is absolutely what it does to them.
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 08:10 AM
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3. OMG, meth turns you blonder?
:wow:
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 08:14 AM
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4. ha!
you took the words right out of my mouth....you...you...word thief! :nuke:
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 08:22 AM
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5. Thief of words ... destroyer of worlds.
:nuke:
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 09:07 AM
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7. nevermind
Edited on Thu Jul-27-06 09:17 AM by progmom
i can't seem to capture images from that site. :(

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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 09:50 AM
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9. fixes those overgrown eyebrows, too!
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 08:34 AM
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6. They eat scabs, skin and dandruff.
F that BS.
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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 09:24 AM
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8. Not BS if you've read about it, seen it. They don't even show the
insides of their mouth. The teeth go to shit quick. That's why prisons
are spending a lot of money fixing inmates teeth... it's called 'Meth Mouth'.

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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 12:27 AM
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22. I've seen photos of meth mouth. WHat a nightmare!
I wonder why it eats away at the gums and teeth so much
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 10:41 AM
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10. Many "before" faces don't look happy either...
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 10:47 AM
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11. you are correct sir, pre-denominator seems to be that...
they were trending lifeless to begin with...poor souls
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 10:48 AM
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12. Gee, what a surprise.
People on highly addictive, nasty drugs getting fucked-up? Who would have guessed it?

:eyes:
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 10:49 AM
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13. it is shocking, though - the changes their faces go through
and very sad
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 10:51 AM
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14. And then the people who claim it's all "BS."
Yes, the man is out to stop you from takin' them good druuugs.

Marijuana is one thing. Meth and heroin are different.

x( x(
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 12:38 PM
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16. You see that's the problem with the drug war
Groups like partnership for a drug free america push so much BS...that when they actually tell the truth, no one takes them seriously
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dubyaD40web Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-27-06 12:47 PM
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17. Holy Sh*t!!
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 12:03 AM
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18. Is that second picture Beaker from the Muppet Show?
Don't tell me you don't see the resemblance
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 12:13 AM
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19. Dude! Beaker's a tweaker!!!!!
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querelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 12:31 AM
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24. Don't Dis Beaker!
He was my favorite meth addict from the Muppet Show! Also that Swedish chef..........I always thought he was so cool..........

Q
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 12:21 AM
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20. OH DAYUM, Put a WARNING up next time!!!
I almost hurled when I saw this one. :puke: What did meth make her do? Join the fugly circus? *Jama cringes*
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 01:00 AM
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26. Here is an even creepier one WARNING: THIS ONE IS YUCKY.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 12:29 AM
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23. geez, what's with the lower eyelid there , ewww
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 12:22 AM
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21. Is that Matt Damon? Man, he has gone down hill fast...
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 01:05 AM
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27. Still they all look better than Nick Nolte.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 01:08 AM
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29.  I like Nick N. but you're right
hahahaha
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 01:20 AM
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30. Not this one.
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