habiba
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Post by habiba on Jun 4, 2007 11:41:40 GMT -5
My son came to visit last weekend. He went to see some of his old friends on the NE side of town and can not believe the devestation meth has caused in just a few years. I was devestated to see one young lady who lived next door to us and had so much promise as a teenager completly consumes by meth. She dropped out of college and now looks terrible. It is only a matter of time before she is working truck stops. I now see on channel 10 that dealers are turning it into candy to get younger kids addicted. Anyone one who lives in NE Amarillo can see how big the meth problem is, it is everywhere. I live here over 25 year and never see a problem this big destroying our community. It is not hideen away, anyone can see it. The busted the big ring Amarillo a few month ago but that is just the tip of ice berg. This must be stopped. This is probably the biggest problem we have here. It is the root cause of most of our crime. Please tell anyone on city council or PD to make this number 1 priority.
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Post by joe on Jun 4, 2007 23:14:08 GMT -5
Meth is the new crack I guess. I have been in the northeast side of Amarillo much of my life, recent years. I saw what crack did, and continues to do. I know of meth-sleepers wanting crack-sleepers to pimp for them at the truckstops. Who knew crackheads would be looked-up to someday? I find that many drug users start when the real world doesn't measure up to what they expected. Sadly, drugs are the vehicle of self-fulfilling prophesy it seems. Education in the realities of these soul-crushing drugs remains the best that society can come up with to fight the problem.
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Post by joe on Jun 4, 2007 23:15:52 GMT -5
Gotta love software that cleans things up for the more sensitive readers.
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Post by princessbaybay on Jun 5, 2007 5:20:37 GMT -5
It appears there is a huge problem with it in the 79109ghetto.... yes there is a ghetto in the 79109 zip.... and lately rivals the blvd and grand area with police presence.
Meth has been in Amarillo for years....it is nothing new... maybe it got the upper hand because it is cheaper/ the high lasts longer than crack so they have to turn less tricks or rip someone off less frequently to get and stay high? Not to mention it is easy to manufacture at home... and to make crack you have to start out with cocaine... and while the plants could maybe grow in the Panhandle... the process to get usable cocaine is pretty drawn out...and would assume is expensive.
My SIL is strung out on the crap... and she has all but sold her soul for it. She has ripped everyone around her off...including her own child. She looks like a walking dead chick... and while she hasn't sold her soul... it appears to have vanished along with her looks, marriage and anything worth value that she ever owned. There is NO way I would let her in my house if she showed up here... but then there is really no chance of that... I don't have drugs so she won't come around.
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Post by petiepanzer on Jun 5, 2007 9:57:43 GMT -5
There is a huge Meth problem exploding all over the country right now, not just in Amarillo. That drug has managed to work its way into the very fabric of life. For some reason, that drug has been favored by a lot of white people living in rural areas. Montana and Iowa are 2 states with some of the worst meth problems in the country. It started out in California and has worked its way east over the last 10 to 15 years at an alarming rate. Originally, it was produced domestically and was distributed by a lot of the biker gangs and truckers. Now, recent laws have made it more difficult to obtain large quantities of pseudoephedrine, which is a vital ingredient in the production of Meth. As a result, Mexican drug gangs have stepped into the niche and are now producing large quantities of the stuff for use here in the United States. Has anybody ever wondered why most of the drug busts seem to take place out by Groom with people from California that are passing through? They are only getting a small fraction of what is hitting the streets, though. That drug is the most dangerous drug out there and is much worse than either Heroin or Crack, which at one time were thought to be the worst drugs out there. One of the biggest problems is that it causes sleep deprivation in its users, which causes them to completely lose their minds. Has anybody ever seen this website that has before and after pictures of Meth users? The sad thing is that these results are after only a few months to a couple of years. These are their mug shots from when they first started getting arrested. There used to be another one that would tell you the length of time and it was ridiculously low, but I'm having trouble finding it right now. www.crystalrecovery.com/Pages/MethUsers.html |
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Post by princessbaybay on Jun 5, 2007 11:43:35 GMT -5
Petie I think it is pretty bad in Wyoming... I am sure Colorado too...
But there is also a lot of biker gang type all up in those mountains.
Hmmm...wonder when Shumate is gone if there will be more focus on the meth problem in rural Potter County?
My soon to be EX SIL could be a poster child on the site you posted.
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Post by petiepanzer on Jun 5, 2007 12:45:23 GMT -5
That doesn't surprise me about Wyoming, BayBay. They have a big energy boom going on up there right now and the type of guys that work on Oil rigs or in a Coal mine are the same type of guys that are prone to methamphetamine use. It's actually pretty common for people that do that type of dangerous, back-breaking work to use a little crank, because it perks them up....at first. I'm sure towns like Rock Springs, Rawlins, and Gillette have more than their share of meth addicts. I would bet that Alaska probably has a pretty big Meth problem as well, between the O&G business up there and commercial fishing.
They say that garbage is even more addictive than Heroin. I don't get it, to be honest. Why would anybody want to take something that is going to deprive them of sleep? I have had sleep problems my entire life and value sleep as much as I value clean water and air.
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Post by phantom on Jun 5, 2007 13:26:32 GMT -5
On a note closer to home, Meth has become the #1 drug in rural West Texas and the #1 reason children are removed from their homes in this area.
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Post by princessbaybay on Jun 5, 2007 13:55:00 GMT -5
That doesn't surprise me about Wyoming, BayBay. They have a big energy boom going on up there right now and the type of guys that work on Oil rigs or in a Coal mine are the same type of guys that are prone to methamphetamine use. It's actually pretty common for people that do that type of dangerous, back-breaking work to use a little crank, because it perks them up....at first. I'm sure towns like Rock Springs, Rawlins, and Gillette have more than their share of meth addicts. I would bet that Alaska probably has a pretty big Meth problem as well, between the O&G business up there and commercial fishing. They say that garbage is even more addictive than Heroin. I don't get it, to be honest. Why would anybody want to take something that is going to deprive them of sleep? I have had sleep problems my entire life and value sleep as much as I value clean water and air. LOL... that is a pretty general statement petie... not all O & G people are that way... the drillers... they are a pretty mixed crowd. And you have to stop and think that there is more to O & G on those projects besides just drillers & construction folks. Plus those crews you spoke of are subject to random drug testing...and those that are dirty get sent home. There is always someone to take their place.  And you are right petie...turnover is pretty high. Plenty of six figure "white collar" jobs too.... but they pretty well stick with their own kind. Even before this current boom... the places named and add Utah had real problems with meth... it is just everywhere... and those places tend to be less populated and probably more obvious. What I have noticed all through O&G is there is an EXTREMELY HIGH percentage of hardcore functional alcoholics. Most are very good at their jobs... but the constant traveling from project to project makes it hard for them to function outside that environment... making a family life near impossible. |
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Post by petiepanzer on Jun 5, 2007 14:27:27 GMT -5
Oh, I know everybody working in O&G is not like that, and it was never my intention to make that implication. Rather, I meant to suggest that crank is pretty much a blue-collar drug. The white collar guys that think they work in the "Boiler Room" or that they are the next Gordon Gecko's or Donald Trump's tend to favor cocaine.
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Post by princessbaybay on Jun 6, 2007 6:10:51 GMT -5
ROTFLMAO!!!!!! You forgot Hugh Hefner(sp).... being that O & G has "funded" and kept the t!tty bars thriving in Houston for years.
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Post by rena on Jun 8, 2007 10:02:43 GMT -5
Meth and crack cocaine are destroying the city as a whole......
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Post by sccindy on Jun 9, 2007 21:57:43 GMT -5
Drugs are a problem everywhere. Jails and prisons all across America are filled with men and women that are in for something drug related, even if it's for stealing to get money for drugs. Drugs are attractive to many people, including poor people, upper-middle class people and even rich people. They are also attractive to people who come from dysfunctional homes, good homes, Christian homes and broken homes. While I do believe that some people are in a higher-risk category to choose drugs because of genetics or personality and I know that no one wakes up one day and decides to become an addict, it is still about choices.
Anyone who has had someone they love become addicted drugs knows its destruction and the devestation it leaves behind. There are no words big enough to describe the pain.
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Post by time2fly on Jun 12, 2007 9:57:19 GMT -5
Anyone who has had someone they love become addicted drugs knows its destruction and the devestation it leaves behind. There are no words big enough to describe the pain. I am currently going through the pain and destruction that meth causes. It is not a good situation at all......and makes me fear for what may happen next.  |
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Post by tjustleft on Aug 23, 2008 1:18:18 GMT -5
I have never even been courious about trying meth and still I know more about it than I ever wanted to know. It has destroyed my family.  |
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And you are right petie...turnover is pretty high.
