Meth = Death

WARNING: THIS IS GROSS!!!!

We had two assemblies yesterday at school and one of them was "Meth = Death". It was fascinating! And gross. They showed a Power Point of pictures of physical side effects of using meth. I actually got light-headed by just how disgusting it is. Some examples:

Someone's butt that looked like acid had been tossed on it. One whole cheek was chewed away. That happens when the user has all collapsed veins in their arms and starts shooting it into their butt. (Meth is up to 32 different acids and stuff like lighter fluid, Drano, etc.).

Before and After photos. After less than four years, this woman looked like the waking dead. She had lost probably 50 pounds and looked HORRID!!!

They talked about Meth Mites which are imaginary bugs under their skin while they are using. The scratch at them over and over until they bleed. When they're really desperate, they try to get the residual meth out of the wounds. GROSS!

They showed what looked like a glove, but was really a person's skin that had blown off in a meth lab explosion.

I guess it takes a year of treatment to get off meth and you still have paranoid feelings for a years later, but it is treatable. They said that if you know someone on meth (or suspect that they are), you should seek outside help and not just confront them alone because many users carry guns!!!

Yikes! I'm sorry to gross everyone out, but I thought it was interesting and something everyone should hear.

On a lighter note, Saturday is a full moon. Maybe I should buy some organic apples. Anyone care to join me for some freaky love spells?

Today's movie: Pay It Forward. It's really about math. MATH. Not Meth. A boy decided that if he helps three people and then they help three people and so on, paying it forward, the world will be a better place. Great good. Good movie.

Ludicrous Lutefisk,
:)Becca