Crystal Meth Facts

spacebarshift2003 asked:


The episode won’t air due to a special report on crystal meth addiction.

Christina W asked:


My daughter is 9 yrs old. Her father has been in her life although infrequently until about a year ago. I first explained his disappearance was do to a new job. She continually asks about him and is becoming more suspicious and upset about where her dad is. He has been in and out of rehab for the last year for heroine and crystal meth addiction. I don’t know if I should just be honest with her or keep lying to her but her tears are becoming more frequent and she is starting to wonder if it is her fault that her dad is not around. I am worried about telling someone so young that her dad is a drug addict, what effects it will have on her and what to say. Her grandmother suggested that I tell her he is an alcoholic instead of the truth. I don’t really want to lie to her but I know something needs to be done. Do you have any ideas or tips on what I should do or say to her?

freddie 9d asked:


People often ask, what’s the best way to treat drug addiction, eating disorders, depression and anxiety etc – is it medication, or is it talking therapy – or both?

You obviously need *some* level of language skill to be able to use cognitive therapy at all – and the more intelligent you are, the stronger your language skills will be.

But on the other hand, if you develop an illness that makes you paranoid, then the more intelligent you are, the more likely you are to come up with really wacky complicated conspiracy theories, which other people will find it hard to talk you out of.

I think crystal meth addiction is particularly worrying. Heroin addiction can be treated with methadone, but there’s nothing like that for meth. And in some third world countries, literacy levels are very low. What would the western world do if our poorer neighbours got caught in a meth epidemic? If cognitive therapy doesn’t work with people who have learning difficulties, it could be VERY scary!

drumdude asked:


if anyone knows the addiction rate?

Nomo asked:


What were the circumstances. Was it a Limbaugh type thing (pain killers/dope) or crystal meth (hard) type thing.?