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Meth and Me

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by dog428, Jan 30, 2007.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Doc, I sometimes get a clogged ear/sinus thing. It's not serious, but walking around with a clogged ear is annoying. The only thing I've found that fixes it is a double-dose of pseudephedrine. I pop the pills and within the hour, the ear pops and I can hear out of it again.

    Similiarly to dog, a few months ago the clogged ear happened to me one night and I had no sudafed. It was about midnight, and I ran over to the local grocery store. I walked around the pharmacy area in circles for 15 minutes and didn't see any sudafed. Finally, someone told me OTC's with pseudephedrine were in a locked cage behind the pharmacy counter, which was closed because it was so late. Luckily there was a bodega open down the block that had some sudafed.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jan 31, 2007
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  2. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    I'm with Doc - that shit doesn't touch me. The only thing that works on me is time... and Nyquil (a.k.a. whiskey), because like FHB said, I may as well sleep through it.

    Just like the old SNL skit for Hybernol.

    Regarding meth, I was just gonna post what n_w did: I've never seen a drug rip apart families like meth. The laws are silly, but I can certainly understand states wanting to try something-- anything.
     
    Lugnuts, Jan 31, 2007
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  3. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    About crystal meth: If you need a drug to be horny all the time, drug addiction is the least of your problems. As for the teeth issue, does that explain the English?
     
    dooley_womack1, Jan 31, 2007
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  4. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    Dog,

    The amount of OTC drugs needed if you are making enough meth to deal it is far beyond the eight boxes you can get by visiting four drugstores in a night. You need to be able to buy it in bulk -- a meth dealer needs to horde OTC drugs like there is no tomorrow. So by making it damn near impossible to buy it in bulk over the counter, we have cut off one avenue for the manufacturers and makes it easier to fight the other major source: bulk trafficking via Mexico.
     
    PopeDirkBenedict, Jan 31, 2007
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  5. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    You think he gone share his score? You so crazy
     
    slappy4428, Jan 31, 2007
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  6. leo1

    leo1 Active Member

    i'm tempted to agree and say this law is just another stupid, ineffective law that won't help anyone. but meth makers don't run in sophisticated cartels like coke or heroin suppliers. people who make meth at home are strung-out, bony-ass, desperate fuckers who probably aren't bright enough to hit more than a couple of stores looking for sudafed.

    that said, the only thing that pisses me off about this is having to wait on the fucking line to get some of this shit. the pharmacy line ALWAYS take for-fucking-ever.
     
    leo1, Jan 31, 2007
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  7. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    These are your teeth.

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    These are your teeth on meth.
    [​IMG]

    Any questions?
     
    three_bags_full, Jan 31, 2007
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  8. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    Did not need to see that. :-X
     
    expendable, Jan 31, 2007
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  9. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Don't do meth and you won't have to look at it in the mirror every day. 8)
     
    three_bags_full, Jan 31, 2007
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  10. dog428

    dog428 Active Member

    After reading through this thread, I decided to do a little more research on the production of meth.

    It seems the problem since the late 1990s isn't the sale of pseudoephedrine in the US, but the mass distribution of the drug to Mexico. I believe it was an Oregonian story that quoted DEA figures showing over 95% of the meth in the US came from labs in Mexico or was produced in labs in the US that imported pseudoephedrine from Mexico. Three percent of the meth came from labs in Canada.

    Now, here's the real kick in the balls: In the early 90s, the DEA had nearly shut down the production of meth (one story quoted a DEA source saying that trafficking had been slashed by almost 70 percent), thanks to stringent regulations imposed on drug companies. But in the late 90s, drug company lobbyists were able to get many of the regulations either lifted or significantly reduced.

    I wonder what happened to Congress around that time that allowed this to happen?
     
    dog428, Jan 31, 2007
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  11. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    I wonder who was president from 1993-2001.
     
    PopeDirkBenedict, Jan 31, 2007
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  12. dog428

    dog428 Active Member

    Exactly. He was president during the biggest decline in meth manufacturing. And since he didn't change, I wonder what did? ;D
     
    dog428, Jan 31, 2007
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