That was the message in the sixties: Speed Kills. And it wasn't about driving fast. And the people that were "speed" users (a.k.a. amphetamines and methamphetamines) we called "speed freaks." They were easy to spot. They looked skeletal...rather like the anorexic runway models and certain female celebrities.
The government propaganda is that once hooked by methamphetamine the vast majority of users will be unable to quit...ever. Maybe so, maybe no. Remember the 375,000 "crack" babies being born every year? Babies so mentally damaged in utero by their mother's "crack" abuse that they would always need to be cared for, as in the rest of their lives? Not true in spades.
Meth is bad. (Yes kids, it really does rot your teeth, among other, worse effects.) There is no doubt in my mind of that. But I also know that the government has an agenda to pursue, which isn't always based on truth and justice. I would just like to be able to know what the facts are on addiction rates and recovery rates concerning meth, or what they could be if the government would just get out of the way.
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The Myth of Inalienable Rights as Applied to the War on Drugs: The Tyranny of Legislating Morality
Violence, corruption, the violation of the rights of millions of citizens, the highest per capita incarceration rate, as well as the greatest number of actual people in prison of any nation in the world, all brought to you by the $100 billion per year failure and longest-running war in America...the so-called "war on drugs." If you thought the government was supposed protect your rights, not violate them, you need to read this essay: The Myth of Inalienable Rights, at http://dowehaverights.blogspot.com/.
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