The faces of meth

[Ganjasaurusrex]

If you missed this on PBS check it out.

It is the before and after face images of people that have used meth for a short amount of time. There are about 12 face images and they take several seconds to load to the next frame.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/body/faces.html

[Ganjasaurusrex]

If you missed this on PBS check it out.

It is the before and after images of people that have used meth over a short period of time. There are about 12 images total and take about 10-15 seconds to load each.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/body/faces.html

[easton]

thats so sick, I bet they arent showing their teeth for a reason

[Az.]

They all look so sad in the second pics!!

And one guy turned into Charles Manson!!

But yeah that is pretty sick!! And pretty insane!!

[LIP]

Just goes to show meth is scum along with smack and crack.

[CanaBliss]

Does anyone know why they develop all those red dots on their faces? They look as if they have been in a street fight?

[acrca]

does meth give you fucked up bumps on your face?

Why is that?

[acrca]

NM Cannabliss already asked

[ERBA]

When people are "tweaking", or simply on speed, they have a tendency to pick at their faces. Their hands must always be doing something, and a lot of the time it's picking their face.

It's fucked up. Scares the shit out of me.

[orangeman]

Ewwww....It make people look old xD.

[Psycho4Bud]

It's just not on the faces....I watched a very beautiful lady turn into a meth head. Her face, arms...all full of them sores. She would pick at herself like she had a bugs or something. Stick to the herb!


Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[NightProwler]

yea its the meth that does that to them. i dont know why tho.

[Ganjasaurusrex]

The skin sores go with the territory.

Also known as "crank bugs". It is a feeling of something beneath the skin that must be dug out. But they think that it is actually the high toxicity of the chemicals used to make the drug. Lithium batteries, phosphoric acid, starting fluid, anhydrous ammonia among just a few which leads to the condition of cachechia or "crank bugs" which is just chemical toxin overload.

Other drastic things happen like ovaries that dry and shrivel up. Teeth rot quickly due to the drying of silvia which then allow strep bacteria acids to attack the tooth enamle.

And this is only the tip of the iceberg.

[BizzleLuvin]

how frightening.
my mom is a dental hygentist and once a week she does pro-bono dental care for homeless veterans. she always comes home sharing stories of 'meth mouth'; rotten and decaying teeth associated with meth use.

[cannabis campbell]

Does anyone know why they develop all those red dots on their faces? They look as if they have been in a street fight?

Most likely because when they are addicted to these shitty drugs they dont wash, or have a shower because they dont care about what they look like all they care about is the drug. So if they get skin rashes, infections, skin diseases etc... then they wouldn't care about getting rid of it.

Some pot heads can be like this aswell but they wouldnt look as bad obviously.

[NotALlama]

I dont belive that meth will make you look like that after only 3 months, which is what the second group of picture says. I have a friend of mine who did meth for 4 months and hes alright now...he never looked like any of thos people. Suffored from a good amount of mental problems tho.

[da haze meister]

it seems that they always end up with mullets

[SmokinStella]

it seems that they always end up with mullets

lmfao ^^^

It is pretty scary stuff though, be interesting to see the same thing with heroin users. I agree with cannabiscambell in that if you've got an addiction like that, persinal grooming kinda goes out the window

[SmokinStella]

it seems that they always end up with mullets

lmfao ^^^

It is pretty scary stuff though, be interesting to see the same thing with heroin users. I agree with cannabiscambell in that if you've got an addiction like that, personal grooming kinda goes out the window

[Radio Caca]

I read somewhere that 6 months of meth use is equal to 30 YEARS of alcoholism. That shit doesn't sound fun at all, why would you even bother with it.


Stick to the herb!

100% AGREED :rasta:

[dog420]

They should call it faces of death!

[alonepsycho]

Wow, if 6 months of meth use is the equivalent of 30 years of alcoholism, then I've imbibed the equivalent of 90 years of alcohol.

I'm glad I quit that stuff. Six months clean and counting.

And I look nothing like those pictures. No wrinkles on my face or crank sores (which is what they are called BTW). And I still have all of my teeth, although some of the enamel on my bottom teeth got corroded pretty badly.

[whitewalltoker]

some of those pics don't look like the same person tho

[NextLineIsMine]

wow thats some nasty shit, reminds me of the montana ads

[Ae...]

There's one woman on there that looked better after meth in my opinion. She only needed to comb her hair...

Did anyone see her?

[MaryJaneintheCloset]

That is some crazy shit... I live in a big meth area, you're always hearing about labs blowing up and stuff. Scary...

[bentleygtgirl]

thats so sick, I bet they arent showing their teeth for a reason

i like your avatar. im from nebraska

[geonagual]

Wow, if 6 months of meth use is the equivalent of 30 years of alcoholism, then I've imbibed the equivalent of 90 years of alcohol.

I'm glad I quit that stuff. Six months clean and counting.

And I look nothing like those pictures. No wrinkles on my face or crank sores (which is what they are called BTW). And I still have all of my teeth, although some of the enamel on my bottom teeth got corroded pretty badly.

Congrats bro:thumbsup:

[BabySnookums]

There's one woman on there that looked better after meth in my opinion. She only needed to comb her hair...

Did anyone see her?


yea i know the one you're talkin about...i was thinkin the same thing but i was like wtf....thats messed up...

i actually nearly puked when i saw most of them...it was like watchin them eat shit on fear factor :eek:

[CocaCola]

That doesn't happen if you're not an idiot. If you believe that shit then you must believe the commercials you see about Meth right? The Meth song and shit... don't believe that shit.

[CocaCola]

You're all scared for such stupid bullshit... seriously... don't you people get it?

[Kitty Kat]

I know a man who has been using meth for years & he breaks out like that from time to time, but not on his face hardly. He has places on his back more often & they look like he had a pimple that he picked at alot (so it would leave scars). He will go for days on end without sleeping & eating. His looks havent changed as much as the pics on the above site, but he has slimmed down quite a bit. He has stated that he uses it because he likes to be on the move (always doing something) .

As for me I think I will stick to what grows natural...

[CocaCola]

Don't do Meth if you have no willpower...

[BestTonicIsChronic]

Ya I saw that shit on PBS, it looks like the got hit in the face with a shovel. Just another reason why I wont touch meth, plus its real dirty, its got like ammonia, and drain cleaner, brake fluid, cough syrup, and other nasty shit.

[Jimmicrackedcorn]

Yeh I'm with coca-cola, what the fuck are you people buying in to?

Yes there's a universal cause for everything, and 99 problems out of 100, its drug related. Gosh darn those dirty meth-heads, thats why they have rottin teeth, thats why they live on the streets.....THE METH! Not cuz they're lazy, stinking bastards, who scrounge off benefits and think only of themselves!!!!! NOOOOOOO....all humans are good, and have a basic need to work toward the brotherhood, and drugs is what warps there mind.

Its like grotesquely obese people, I like food man, and I bet a lot of other potheads on this site enjoy the sweet/greasy munchies every now and again. Well, if I started to get fat, I'd say to myself "Shit, I'm gettin a bit of a belly on me, maybe I should cut down" Then, I'd exercise and loose the fat. Motherfuckers do NOT wake up one day 300lbs overweight and bed ridden. Methheads, do NOT just wake up one day, in a box, on the street, stealing from babies, with no teeth. Its a slow, dwindling descent that they are totally responsible for, even in the case of 3 months, imagine, the past 3 months of ure life, now imagine it without sleep, thats a long fuckin time, and a lot of thinking you can do, thats right, YOU, meth is an inanimate drug, that YOU, have to go out and look for, buy, burn up and inhale, or snort, to get the effect of. If you do it, its not cuz ure addicted, and 'can't go on with the pain anymore!!!!' its cuz you have made the well-educated decision, of lighting up the meth pipe, and carrying on ure high. You've thought good and well about ure face, ure smell, the state of the apartment, we all do, becuz that seems to just go with the territory of being human nowadays, especially if uve grown up in suburban America, where the philosophy of 'Get a fucking job! Buy a better gadget', was born and bred, and uve made the decision 'Fuck it! I feel better doing this, than bothering with all that shit that goes with functioning in society today'.

The fact that if feels like u have bugs underneath ure skin if you don't get a hit every now and again, would prompt most people to say, 'Maybe I should lay off for a while, since, I don't remember having bugs underneath my skin before, and they seem to chill when I hit the pipe, this seems to be forming a vicious cycle' just like the fat fuckers, won't put down the tub of ice cream, and go eat a ham and lettuce sandwich or something, they see themselves puttin on 20lbs every week, and they still scoff down ice cream tub after lard bar, and its only when there own legs have collapsed beneath them, that they turn around and say 'Help me! I'm a good person! I don't know whats got in to me the past couple of months! BUT Now! I'm gonna change, I've realised that it was controlling my life :thumbsup:' And every1 swoons, and sympathisizes, and then wonders why drug addicts and the like are putting a strain on everybody, errrr, probly cuz you keep fucking helping them. If you fed an animal, would you call the animal stupid for coming back to ure home, awaiting food? No, we have a tendency to push shit as far as it will go, if u don't punish bad behaviour, don't expect anybody to know what behaviour is acceptable, any of you would happily accept scraps if u were starving, a broke, homeless, person, would happily accept money, from anybody, cuz there is shit that is quite simply, much more important than the morale behind what you are doing, especially when it results in personal benefit. You want to help these people, leave em be, they'll eventually run out of money, at which time they'll die, or get better, the ones that get better, I doubt will ever want to let themselves get in to that situation again, and the ones that die, are dead, they made there own shit, and now they're lying in it, you reep what you sow etc etc..

Don't blame the drug, you can think whatever thoughts you want, but there is giant leap in the energy expended from thinkin hypothetically, and actually doing, which I don't think a drug has the power to do.

[krustythfreakinclown]

There's one woman on there that looked better after meth in my opinion. She only needed to comb her hair...

Did anyone see her?

Dangit! You took my thunder. lol. Yeah, I've first-hand seen the shit meth can do to someone and it is not pretty. BTW, casual meth use doesn't exist. You either do a *ton* of it, or you don't.

Being a libertarian, I am kind of torn about how to treat meth. Maybe mandatory execution of junkies and meth cooks would be best. The junkies are killing themselves, anyway and the addiction recovery process literally takes years to reverse the damage done to the chemical makeup of the brain, which leads to a low successful treatment rate. I'm not serious, btw. Well, not that serious.

[Psycho4Bud]

Don't do Meth if you have no willpower...


Exactly!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Euphoric]

Why do people start using methamphetamine?

A: Athletes and students sometimes begin using meth because of the initial heightened physical and mental performance the drug produces. Blue collar and service workers may use the drug to work extra shifts, while young women often begin using meth to lose weight. Others use meth recreationally to stay energized at "rave" parties or other social activities. In addition, meth is less expensive and more accessible than cocaine and users often have the misconception that methamphetamine is not really a drug.

Q: What other long-term effects can result?

A: Fatal kidney and lung disorders, brain damage, liver damage, blood clots, chronic depression, hallucinations, violent and aggressive behavior, malnutrition, disturbed personality development, deficient immune system, and methamphetamine psychosis, a mental disorder that may be paranoid psychosis or may mimic schizophrenia.

Q: How does methamphetamine take over one's life?

A: Methamphetamine short-circuits a person's survival system by artificially stimulating the reward center, or pleasure areas in the brain. This leads to increased confidence in meth and less confidence in the normal rewards of life. This happens on a physical level at first, then it affects the user psychologically. The result is decreased interest in other aspects of life while reliance and interest in meth increases. In one study, laboratory animals pressed levers to release methamphetamine into their blood stream rather than eat, mate, or satisfy other natural drives. The animals died of starvation while giving themselves methamphetamine even though food was available.

EFFECTS LIST #
POSITIVE
increased energy and alertness
decreased need for sleep
euphoria
increased sexuality
NEUTRAL
excessive talking
weight loss
sweating
visual & auditory hallucinations (hearing voices)


NEGATIVE
disturbed sleep patterns
tightened jaw muscles, grinding teeth (trismus and bruxia)
loss of appetite (anorexia), leading to poor nutrition and weight loss with heavy use
reduced enjoyment of eating
loss of interest in sex, over time
itching, welts on skin
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
excessive excitation, hyperactivity
shortness of breath
moodiness & irritability
anxiousness & nervousness
aggressiveness
panic, suspiciousness & paranoia
involuntary body movements (uncontrollable movement and/or twitches of fingers, facial & body muscles, lip-smaking, tongue protrusion, grimacing, etc.)
false sense of confidence and power (delusions of grandeur)
aggressive and violent behavior
severe depression, suicidal tendencies
Effects of Habitual Use
fatal kidney and lung disorders
possible brain damage
permanent psychological problems
lowered resistance to illnesses
liver damage
stroke
http://www.kci.org/meth_info/faq_meth.htm
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/meth/meth.shtml

[LIP]

God, theres a few things i hate, and its this shit. I wish it was never invented cos its ruining so many peoples lives, and they DONT need the shit...

Definatly stick to herb

[SensiRide]

Jimmiecrackedcorn - you make some excellent posts, probably one of the best contributors on this site :thumbsup:

[Ganjasaurusrex]

Yeh I'm with coca-cola, what the fuck are you people buying in to?

Yes there's a universal cause for everything, and 99 problems out of 100, its drug related. Gosh darn those dirty meth-heads, thats why they have rottin teeth, thats why they live on the streets.....THE METH! Not cuz they're lazy, stinking bastards, who scrounge off benefits and think only of themselves!!!!! NOOOOOOO....all humans are good, and have a basic need to work toward the brotherhood, and drugs is what warps there mind.

Its like grotesquely obese people, I like food man, and I bet a lot of other potheads on this site enjoy the sweet/greasy munchies every now and again. Well, if I started to get fat, I'd say to myself "Shit, I'm gettin a bit of a belly on me, maybe I should cut down" Then, I'd exercise and loose the fat. Motherfuckers do NOT wake up one day 300lbs overweight and bed ridden. Methheads, do NOT just wake up one day, in a box, on the street, stealing from babies, with no teeth. Its a slow, dwindling descent that they are totally responsible for, even in the case of 3 months, imagine, the past 3 months of ure life, now imagine it without sleep, thats a long fuckin time, and a lot of thinking you can do, thats right, YOU, meth is an inanimate drug, that YOU, have to go out and look for, buy, burn up and inhale, or snort, to get the effect of. If you do it, its not cuz ure addicted, and 'can't go on with the pain anymore!!!!' its cuz you have made the well-educated decision, of lighting up the meth pipe, and carrying on ure high. You've thought good and well about ure face, ure smell, the state of the apartment, we all do, becuz that seems to just go with the territory of being human nowadays, especially if uve grown up in suburban America, where the philosophy of 'Get a fucking job! Buy a better gadget', was born and bred, and uve made the decision 'Fuck it! I feel better doing this, than bothering with all that shit that goes with functioning in society today'.

The fact that if feels like u have bugs underneath ure skin if you don't get a hit every now and again, would prompt most people to say, 'Maybe I should lay off for a while, since, I don't remember having bugs underneath my skin before, and they seem to chill when I hit the pipe, this seems to be forming a vicious cycle' just like the fat fuckers, won't put down the tub of ice cream, and go eat a ham and lettuce sandwich or something, they see themselves puttin on 20lbs every week, and they still scoff down ice cream tub after lard bar, and its only when there own legs have collapsed beneath them, that they turn around and say 'Help me! I'm a good person! I don't know whats got in to me the past couple of months! BUT Now! I'm gonna change, I've realised that it was controlling my life :thumbsup:' And every1 swoons, and sympathisizes, and then wonders why drug addicts and the like are putting a strain on everybody, errrr, probly cuz you keep fucking helping them. If you fed an animal, would you call the animal stupid for coming back to ure home, awaiting food? No, we have a tendency to push shit as far as it will go, if u don't punish bad behaviour, don't expect anybody to know what behaviour is acceptable, any of you would happily accept scraps if u were starving, a broke, homeless, person, would happily accept money, from anybody, cuz there is shit that is quite simply, much more important than the morale behind what you are doing, especially when it results in personal benefit. You want to help these people, leave em be, they'll eventually run out of money, at which time they'll die, or get better, the ones that get better, I doubt will ever want to let themselves get in to that situation again, and the ones that die, are dead, they made there own shit, and now they're lying in it, you reep what you sow etc etc..

Don't blame the drug, you can think whatever thoughts you want, but there is giant leap in the energy expended from thinkin hypothetically, and actually doing, which I don't think a drug has the power to do.




Your right dude. Its all about the drug. Now show us your before and after pictures.

[punkrockzero]

There's one woman on there that looked better after meth in my opinion. She only needed to comb her hair...

Did anyone see her?

i did. i kinda laughed. like without the sores shed be better than before...

back when i was less experienced with this kind of thing i almost did meth. im really fucking glad i didnt!

[Ganjasaurusrex]

Don't do Meth if you have no willpower...


Go suck on that glass dick for a week and then come back and tell us about your willpower.

Coca Cola this is the second time you went off on a meth posting I put up. Remember dude, "owned".

I never judged anyone. Just links to websites.

You know what dude. I put this up so that some kid that doesnt know about meth might make an informed decision should someone ever put a line in front of him/her or a rock pipe. Something that could really affect someones life. PERMANENTLY

Maybe you have willpower but that doesnt give you the right to argue and bitch in support of this drug so that some kid listens to you on this website and thinks it ok because you said so.

Dude I have never sworn on this website ever since I joined.

I tell you what you mutherfucker, you shut your fucking mouth.

[tokinggreg]

They should call it faces of death!

there's already a video called "faces of death" made in the 80's (70's perhaps) but yeah, I catch your drift.

[Mad Hatter]

It like this..
Weed--->Created by God, naturally growing.
METH---> Created by Jimbo and Clyde in the their basement from Draino and Cough syrup...

WHO DO YOU TRUST?

[CocaCola]

Go suck on that glass dick for a week and then come back and tell us about your willpower.

I wouldn't... that's the point... you stupid... fucking... idiot.

And BTW, you're judging Meth users to be filthy and loopy and whatever... and you're judging me.. telling me to go suck the pipe for weeks and get hooked, when I'm telling you that you shouldn't.


Maybe you have willpower but that doesnt give you the right to argue and bitch in support of this drug so that some kid listens to you on this website and thinks it ok because you said so.

I'm born with that right... to tell people the truth is my suggestion. By feeding the anti-meth machine you're jsut going to create more users, cause you're not telling them what needs to be said... just all the things everyone's been told a million times over to get them not to do Meth and you don't even realize that it's not only tempting for said kid, but also that the kid isn't going to listen to your stupid ass anyway, because your'e spreading a bunch of BS... You need to take an imodium for that verbal diharrea streaming out of your pie hole.


Dangit! You took my thunder. lol. Yeah, I've first-hand seen the shit meth can do to someone and it is not pretty. BTW, casual meth use doesn't exist. You either do a *ton* of it, or you don't.

You're basing this on what? Your experience? Well guess what... I'm telling you that it doesn't work that way. I've done it before twice... and I was able to not take more then I needed. So from my experience, Meth isn't dangerous. But that doesn't that it isn't...


God, theres a few things i hate, and its this shit. I wish it was never invented cos its ruining so many peoples lives, and they DONT need the shit...

Definatly stick to herb

True, they don't need it... good point... finally able to rationalize what you're saying without actually trying to rationalize what you're trying to say... that's a big step for you!

But would you people stop using the word "herb" so much? What is this? An inside joke?

[1234abcd]

LOL thats funny Mad Hatter...YES EVERYONE NOW KNOWS METH IS BAD>>AND IF YOU DO IT>>Then go hang out with your tweaked out , fucked up teeth friends, and leave cannabis.com to the HERB

[Mad Hatter]

Whoa...there is def. a divide on this message board about meth..that is really something to analyze, in the the weeks I've read these boards I have never seen everybody get worked up like this. Its a good thing though I suppose, shows "We Care". :dance:

[CocaCola]

No, I think you're wrong... I think we can all agree that Meth is bad for you and that it's best avoided.

See, everyone is still missing the point. *Shakes head*

[Mad Hatter]

No No No...I totally agree that meth is wrong(see above post)...I just think it is a good thing to engage in this style of debate...good for the mind.

[CocaCola]

I completely agree... It is good for the mind. If you're willing to accept other's truths, then yeah... it's GREAT for the mind.

[krustythfreakinclown]

Fuck having a debate on meth. That shit is fucked up. It's too bad people continue to be stupid enough to actually *want* to use it regularly.

Sit in a room full of regular meth users for a couple of hours and you'll see what I'm talking about. That stuff's bad news.

[Ganjasaurusrex]

I completely agree... It is good for the mind. If you're willing to accept other's truths, then yeah... it's GREAT for the mind.


Coca cola,

I posted that reply early in the morning. I was pissed at the time no doubt.
But I want you to know that I was in no way judging you or anyone else.

Whether you did it in the past or not is no concern to me and I dont hold that against your character.

Im sure you are not a proponent of meth. We just have different views but overall I think were on common ground.

So I want to give an apology for going off on you for what I said and the other guy as well.

Im sure you guys are probably pretty decent guys face to face.

Anyway I wont bring up another post on the topic.


Once again my appologies.

Take care.

[CocaCola]

Yeah, man.

[gjpop2000]

That's insane... it's amazing what toxic substances can do to your mind, and make you do to your body. I can't imagine not being able to control myself. Once when I was toking, I remember getting really twitchy, but never itching myself uncontrollably.

Just curious... I've heard rumors that meth is derived from anti-freeze. Is this true?

GOD BLESS BUD. :rasta:

[CanaBliss]

Anyone ever seen the movie Spun? It's all about Meth and shows what it can do to you and it doesnt take it overboard. I suggest viewing.

[Adam01]

Do you realize that Spun is a dark parody of the movie Requiem for a Dream? The latter is a much better film. Spun is okay, but Requiem for a Dream is really good. Especially the scene with the giant double-ended dildo penetrating two white women in the ass while a bunch of rich black guys cheer them on.

[willystylle]

www.rotten.com

they have a great article on meth.

[Stevey42o]

I wonder whats so addictive about it..like how someone can just take it once and then feel completely dependant on it..it blows my mind.

[gjpop2000]

www.rotten.com

they have a great article on meth.
I've been there before. That site is immoral and sick. I'm just warning those who are thinking about clicking on it.

[needbudnj]

Wow, you know it's a bad drug when even the druggies on the drug message board think so.

I know a few people who did it recreationaly for awhile and then stopped. But if what everyone here says is true (and I trust you guys a lot more then the govt and the peopl emaking that documentary) they were the exceptions. I guess if you try meth you're really rolling the dice. You might be able to stop using it, or only use it recreationaly, but it'll probably end up controling your life.

It does bring up some interesting questions for those of us who think that drugs should be legalized. Most people can handle pot smoking, but at the same time there are a few people who do become psychologicaly addicted and have it ruin their lives. I still think it should be legalized; you can't compromise the freedoms of millions to protect the very few who can't handle their shit and should've known better then to try it.

But what if there were a drug that ruined the lives (addiction, ect.) of 95% of the people who tried it once. But the other 5% could handle it, use it ocassionaly, have a good time. Should that drug be banned? I'm not saying meth is that bad (I don't know), but it kinda seems like it, and in that case it seems like illegalization is a good idea.

[gjpop2000]

Wow, you know it's a bad drug when even the druggies on the drug message board think so.

I know a few people who did it recreationaly for awhile and then stopped. But if what everyone here says is true (and I trust you guys a lot more then the govt and the peopl emaking that documentary) they were the exceptions. I guess if you try meth you're really rolling the dice. You might be able to stop using it, or only use it recreationaly, but it'll probably end up controling your life.

It does bring up some interesting questions for those of us who think that drugs should be legalized. Most people can handle pot smoking, but at the same time there are a few people who do become psychologicaly addicted and have it ruin their lives. I still think it should be legalized; you can't compromise the freedoms of millions to protect the very few who can't handle their shit and should've known better then to try it.

But what if there were a drug that ruined the lives (addiction, ect.) of 95% of the people who tried it once. But the other 5% could handle it, use it ocassionaly, have a good time. Should that drug be banned? I'm not saying meth is that bad (I don't know), but it kinda seems like it, and in that case it seems like illegalization is a good idea.
Meth is some shit, people tend to mix all sorts of toxic chemicals and adulterants to it which can make it a very dangerous drug. It's actually dangerous by itself, and has an addiction potential as you said. And wtf, meth is illegal without a prescription, it's a schedule II controlled substance.