luve
piphany |
Is the meth world
getting more dangerous?
There seems to be so many more
murders, shootings, car crashes/chases, violent fights,
domestic violence etc.. in the news lately, so many I
can pick out the meth addicts in the scenarios or in the
witnesses.
Guns
I know that there have always been violence and weapons
involved with meth, but is it getting worse or is meth
getting more prevalent and mean violence just goes along
with it?
3 top news stories on my local news have been about
murders meth connected.
What do ya think? |
| Replies... |
| deeeCA |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
Just watch a new episode of Cops and
you'll have your answer....
Absolutely YES |
NoMore
4Me |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
I think some have no boundaries or
deliberately cross them for personal reasons.
I also think our government tends to let things escalate
before they start really addressing issues.
Drugs do bring in money and it's not just the dealers
getting those funds. MANY politicians have been busted
for distributing in one sense or another. They do
minimal time.
If we made our sentences stiffer, we'd have more
politicians getting busted because then it'd be worth it
to prosecute.
It's all about the Benjamin's. |
Ignor
amus |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
I don't think the meth world is more
dangerous than before, I think meth is just more
prevalent, so there is more meth-related violence out
there to be heard about.
I don't think stiffer sentences will do anything at all
about the drug problem, or violence problem.
Also, crime has steadily, but slowly, declined since the
early nineties. But we now have hundreds of 24/7 news
channels that have to report something, so they talk
about celebrities and a lot of other local stories that
wouldn't have been covered ten years ago. So we always
tend to think that there is more crime than there really
is.
And I don't think stiffer sentences would do a drop of
good to fight the problem. The war on drugs is a war on
the lower class and minorities and has not decreased the
amount of drug users since it was started in the
seventies. |
luve
piphany |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
I'm wondering if there are more guns
available to the meth addicts these days or if maybe the
meth is getting stronger causing more way out wackos who
would never have used a gun.
Regardless, I still think we ought to spend more money
on treatment on the first offense.
Today they found a huge alligator in a meth lab house.
The cops didn't know if it was a guard or just a
pet....We are across the country from Florida |
| Flyf1sh3r |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
I don't think the danger is
increasing, just the epidemic is bigger, therefore more
frequent.
Psychosis is a terrifying experience. It seems real, and
the will to survive is strong. |
| writerjp |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
I am with Dee, watching Cops shows
how dangerous, deadly, and sad the meth world is. I am
SO glad that I got better before I ended up doing
something really stupid. |
Jamie
J1979 |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
I was watching reruns of Cops the
other day and low and behold I saw someone I used to
know getting busted! The episode was from 2001 and I
haven't talked to her since then so I would have no way
to know she was on Cops until I saw her on there with my
own two eyes last week! She got busted with a bunch of
crack and heroin in a major drug area where she used to
live and sell dope. It was weird to see someone I knew
on Cops and made me realize how low my addiction took me
that I actually associated with people that were so
ghetto they get put on Cops. I'm thankful to be sober
today. Take care......... |
XOutlaw
Woman |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
Luv, that alligator was probably a
trade for dope. The barter system is alive and well in
the drug world. Guns are a major bartering commodity.
People will trade anything of value for dope.
I do not think the drug world is anymore dangerous than
it has been in the past. It is just more publicized.
With increased media exposure, comes increased
awareness. |
teqa
peq |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
Quote:
with people that were so ghetto
Never forget that these people too
are sick. I hear what your saying about the depths that
your addiction took. Yet we don't need to judge others
that at one time we were running with. They are still
sick. |
XOutlaw
Woman |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
How true. I was one pull-over away
from a COPS episode myself!
Edited to say: I did not even live in the Ghetto, I
lived out in the boonies! I wasn't any better than
anyone else, I just never got caught. |
danimal
55 |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
It seems that the meth world has been
dangerous from the beginning.
World War 2 and the un-thinkable genocide waged not only
by Hitler but by the armed forces of all nations
provides a stark example of danger, and yes....even
Uncle Sam's good 'ol boys were spun.
Today we see skinheads from Idaho, cults like Jonestown,
a new wave of skid row derelicts who'd do anything for
their next fix, unimaginable perversion and atrocities
inflicted on the innocent.
It's hard to see the meth world as any more or less
dangerous that it's ever been.
Insane *is* Insane.
Viet Nam epitomized meth madness, or "danger".
It appears our government thinks that meth is a pretty
cool thing when we feed it to our troops and turn them
into soul-less killing machines who can fight and kill
for days without sleep or food.
Funny how, by definition, the first true "super labs"
were owned and operated by our fearless world
leaders....
we know how dangerous they are.
I agree with Jason, it's the same insanity...or danger,
just a helluva lot more of it.
IMO it's only a danger to us if we're anywhere near it
or those that use it. |
luve
piphany |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
Quote:
IMO it's only a danger to us if
we're anywhere near it or those that use it.
Yes Dan, it would help me to feel
safer if I didn't have a TV...I hardly ever watch
COPS-it's the news that seems to be stepping up the
coverage or maybe it's really happening more in my
area-killings, guns with meth.
It would also feel less dangerous to me if that DAMNED
meth house down the street from the school would
DISSOLVE in to NOTHINGNESS....I know, it would just be
in someone else's neighborhood.
I seriously know that meth is death, but the shootings
locally are new to my ears...I watched the news avidly
and read the papers and the police blotters...spent lots
of time in courtrooms listening to meth crime stories
and really didn't hear much about guns (I know those
cases go federal a lot of the time and I've only been in
the county court) until recently.
Ya know, I'm all for the right to bear weapons-I don't
have one (I'm too chicken) but I'm starting to really
re-think that one. It almost seems like a drug test and
letter of personal recommendation would be a good yearly
thing for a gun owner to have to have-not that that
would solve the problems, but a perfectly sane and safe
person with a gun for hunting or personal protection can
turn into a psycho killer when meth enters the picture.
Now for those of you recovering addicts that never got
into guns, why do you thing there seems to be more gun
crimes related to meth? Is the meth getting stronger?
Still pondering this one... |
Broken
N2 |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
Any drug can become dangerous...when
the addict wants it and can't afford it. Many will do
whatever it takes to get their next high. |
| FSOAB |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
Funny... The first time I really
tried meth, I looked at the person I was with and said,
"This is going to be bad" Low and behold, I have found
out in so many years just how bad on my time... |
| FSOAB |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
I've got a question. Am I seeing
things or have I seen that meth is getting to be a
epidemic? Is it really just on the TV. and News paper
more because they are bored? It has always been bad like
this in America? |
| vctry7 |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
I think as meth becomes more
prevalent, the violence that comes with it does, too.
From what I've read, meth was on the west coast 40 years
ago and has gradually spread east. I recently watched a
documentary from the California Dept. of Justice from
the 80's. It was basically a warning of what was to
come. Too bad no one outside of California cared to
listen. |
danimal
55 |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
The meth world is certainly getting
BIGGER.
www.oregonlive.com/specia...spread.pdf |
| jes78 |
Re: Is the meth world getting more dangerous?
last march i went to Washington to
speak w/ the senators from RI on funding for drug
treatment. Their #1 concern was meth.
so yeah it is getting more dangerous. jes78 |
