Hey Kids, Don't Do Meth: Faces Of Meth!

stuar

Just for you kid's out there that someday may be offered a smoke of methamphetamine, or "Ice, Braw!" as dog the ice hunter says.
Take a look at these.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2244031/The-horror-Meth-Before-pictures-reveal-shocking-transformation-faces-users-hooked-deadly-drug.html?ICO=most_read_module

So just say NO!, the reason should be quite clear after looking at that, it's way too expensive!

admiralofthefleet

thats not meth, thats boards users before and after moderating after hours

Hippies!

Saw that a couple of days ago on the 10's of other daily mail threads here. I said to myself I said I wonder how long before someone on boards posts a thread on it.




2 days is the answer.

My name is URL

There's no way that first one is down to just meth.. is there?

OneArt

Looks like I'll have to stick to regular MDMA so.

El Guapo!

Well the first picture is clearly meth and third degree burns!

Reality_Check1

Patiently awaits another anti drugs thread and this is what will eventually happen if you do hash once type posts

Im against meth obv before someone jumps on that :cool:

stuar

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

Patiently awaits another anti drugs thread and this is what will eventually happen if you do hash once type posts

Im against meth obv before someone jumps on that :cool:

No, what will happen if you smoke hash once is you'll catch.........

"Ming's Madness...!".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3leL6D-DQw

Lone Stone

Nah im fairly sure those are zombies.

latenia

Just more right-wing reactionary sensationalism from the Daily Mail. This is a far more accurate depiction of meth use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz4kend4X9c

M cebee

the blonde aged 42 actually looks better on meth

shes's the spit of goldie hawn

Winty

I get all my ice from a guy called Walter never had a problem

lukesmom

1st girl got acid thrown on her face I'd say

My name is URL

lukesmom wrote: »

1st girl got acid thrown on her face I'd say

She was in a meth lab when there was an explosion and carried on using the drug afterwards, apparently.

Mr. CooL ICE

stuar wrote: »

So just say NO!, the reason should be quite clear after looking at that, it's way too expensive!

How will I know what its like unless I try it? Besides, all the cool kids are doing it

Pilotdude5

I have always had slight acne, been ever so slighty "undernourished" and I sometimes grind my teeth.

Some **** has spiked me with meth since birth!

xzanti

Winty wrote: »

I get all my ice from a guy called Walter never had a problem

You mean Heisenberg?

Pottler

I was going to start using Meth, but now I won't. This has saved me. Hallejulahanah. Ok, I wasn't, but now I deffo won't. Who knew methylated spirits could be so bad? I'm gonna stick with the white spirits. Cleans the brushes well enough and who needs to risk it.

areyawell

I'd still bang em

Pottler

areyawell wrote: »

I'd still bang em

Are ya well? You could catch "Meth" - that's bad, m'kay.

Strawberry Fields

According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie_(singer)) she had a terrible addiction to crystal meth and she looks grand to me

frag420

Is that what happened to Rocky Dennis?

My name is URL

godeas16 wrote: »

According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie_(singer)) she had a terrible addiction to crystal meth and she looks grand to me

They're always going to show use the worst cases as examples. They could do the same with any narcotic... you're not going to look very well if all you ever do is take cocaine or consume insane amounts of alcohol.

I never really understood the whole 'faces of meth' thing myself. Appearance is probably the least of those peoples worries!

Auldloon

What a load of crap.

Chuck Stone

I wouldn't blame them. If I looked that bad I'd take meth too.

Scruffles

Hippies! wrote: »

Saw that a couple of days ago on the 10's of other daily mail threads here. I said to myself I said I wonder how long before someone on boards posts a thread on it.




2 days is the answer.

had thought exactly the same to actualy.:P

According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie_(singer)) she had a terrible addiction to crystal meth and she looks grand to me

no,it affected her 'rapping'/singing instead.

meth doesnt do no way near as much damage as krokodil/desomorphine,some good reads on the stuff-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krokodil_%28drug%29
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/krokodil-the-drug-that-eats-junkies-2300787.html
check youtube to see loads of videos of the acute flesh damage it does.

dttq

The ****, that should be translated to "Hey ANYBODY, don't do Meth". Horrible and dangerous sh!te, stick to the herb.

uberalles

It's ok if you only take it on every other weekend. clearly some of these ppl broke this simple rule.

Oh the crack

Swampy

The woman with the T-shirt over her has transformed into a malnourished vampire.

gurramok

I've seen junkies in Dublin looking the same, on meth i do not know, perhaps heroin. If they're gaunt, look very weak, they've only themselves to blame, their choice to take a drug whose effects are well known.

http://www.lolbrary.com/lolpics/2/faces-of-meth-got-hotter-2.jpg

Zillah

gurramok wrote: »

I've seen junkies in Dublin looking the same, on meth i do not know, perhaps heroin. If they're gaunt, look very weak, they've only themselves to blame, their choice to take a drug whose effects are well known.

There's something particularly vile about middle-class snobbery. It doesn't take a great imagination to conceive of a world where you're not warned sufficiently about the dangers of drug use, or where you've so little hope or connection with life that you don't care about the consequences. Not to mention the people that turn to drugs as an escape from trauma of abuse, either physical or sexual.

Kerrigooney

I really wish I hadn't clicked on that link. My night is ruined. Thank you.

gurramok

Zillah wrote: »

There's something particularly vile about middle-class snobbery. It doesn't take a great imagination to conceive of a world where you're not warned sufficiently about the dangers of drug use, or where you've so little hope or connection with life that you don't care about the consequences. Not to mention the people that turn to drugs as an escape from trauma of abuse, either physical or sexual.

Your point? (btw a large part of my life grew up in Finglas South). I never touched those toxins we call illegal drugs)

.jacksparrow.

Seems like a bit of crack.

.jacksparrow.

Zillah wrote: »

There's something particularly vile about middle-class snobbery. It doesn't take a great imagination to conceive of a world where you're not warned sufficiently about the dangers of drug use, or where you've so little hope or connection with life that you don't care about the consequences. Not to mention the people that turn to drugs as an escape from trauma of abuse, either physical or sexual.

Theres nothing for them to do Adrian.

Ruski

That apostrophe in the thread title irks me really bad. Get rid of it, it doesn't belong!

Madam_X

latenia wrote: »

Just more right-wing reactionary sensationalism from the Daily Mail. This is a far more accurate depiction of meth use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz4kend4X9c

Ah in fairness, it's a pretty crippling drug - it's heroin league, not a mere "party" drug. Louis Theroux is hardly a Daily Fail type and his documentary on how devastating it has the potential to be, especially for poor, disenfranchised, uneducated communities, was pretty shocking.

lukesmom

In a different league to how heroin affects the appearance. With heroin you get the gaunt face, pin prick pupils and weight loss but meth seems to cause an itching and this is where users literally rip at their skin, causing tears and sores. Awful evil poison

stuar

gurramok wrote: »

Your point? (btw a large part of my life grew up in Finglas South). I never touched those toxins we call illegal drugs)

A large part of mine grew up in Kippure Park, I might know you......

Jimoslimos

DM says it's bad...well maybe just this once

gurramok

stuar wrote: »

A large part of mine grew up in Kippure Park, I might know you......

No you don't unless I met you in school:) I'm in my 30's btw. I lived a couple of estates away from Kippure.

stuar

gurramok wrote: »

No you don't unless I met you in school:) I'm in my 30's btw. I lived a couple of estates away from Kippure.

I'm 38, went to Bridget's then Finian's,then tech cappagh road, then patrician, where I gracefully left at 15.

gurramok

stuar wrote: »

I'm 38, went to Bridget's then Finian's,then tech cappagh road, then patrician, where I gracefully left at 15.

Wow, close I went to Canices and then Beneavin. I lived beside Patrician College, small world

Zillah

gurramok wrote: »

Your point?

My point is that we're talking about people that are living desperately unhappy and hopeless lives, many with horrible upbringings and abusive family environments, and that arrogantly declaring that they made their choices and should deal with the consequences is useless, small-minded and cruel. I'm not saying we should absolve people of blame for their actions - but we should remember that no one knowingly chooses to ruin their life and that a better approach would be to look at addiction as a medical and social issue that needs to be handled with compassion and intelligence rather than by demonising its victims.

gurramok

Zillah wrote: »

My point is that we're talking about people that are living desperately unhappy and hopeless lives, many with horrible upbringings and abusive family environments, and that arrogantly declaring that they made their choices and should deal with the consequences is useless, small-minded and cruel. I'm not saying we should absolve people of blame for their actions - but we should remember that no one knowingly chooses to ruin their life and that a better approach would be to look at addiction as a medical and social issue that needs to be handled with compassion and intelligence rather than by demonising its victims.

News to you, a large amount of people from said backgrounds do not abuse drugs. Yes some do, its their choice whether the choice of drug is heroin or meth or whatever. Yes an education of said effect of drugs is required but FFS thousands of working class Dubs have never touched said drugs and pulled through to better lives. Drugs like that whose effects are known for decades, common sense prevails.

Omackeral

lukesmom wrote: »

1st girl got acid thrown on her face I'd say

That's exactly what happened. Which is weird cos Nidge only warned the stupid cow about it in the car two weeks ago.

Zillah

gurramok wrote: »

News to you, a large amount of people from said backgrounds do not abuse drugs.

What exactly do you imagine the relevance of this is? You can haughtily demean junkies for ending up much worse than you despite both coming from poor backgrounds...ok, fine. They're still junkies, they're still living a horrible life, and an attitude like yours is certainly not going to contribute to helping to fix the situation.

gurramok

Zillah wrote: »

What exactly do you imagine the relevance of this is? You can haughtily demean junkies for ending up much worse than you despite both coming from poor backgrounds...ok, fine. They're still junkies, they're still living a horrible life, and an attitude like yours is certainly not going to contribute to helping to fix the situation.

They made a choice to abuse said drugs despite literally a few decades of warnings(heroin) about the consequences. Lots in similar situations did not dabble in hard drugs. Why should we feel sorry for people who chose to be junkies?

Zillah

gurramok wrote: »

Why should we feel sorry for people who chose to be junkies?

Because they usually make that choice without understanding the full ramifications of that choice and without the maturity to realise the long term damage it will have on their bodies, life and mental health. Because being told something is a bad idea is worlds apart from genuinely understanding what that means, or having the wisdom to avoid it. Because they are human beings in a really horrible situation.

gurramok

Zillah wrote: »

Because they usually make that choice without understanding the full ramifications of that choice and without the maturity to realise the long term damage it will have on their bodies, life and mental health. Because being told something is a bad idea is worlds apart from genuinely understanding what that means, or having the wisdom to avoid it. Because they are human beings in a really horrible situation.

Fair enough, give them the support services. Thing is lots more similar people in hopeless situations from deprived areas did not abuse hard drugs as they knew it was not a way out and knew the ramifications, thats the difference.