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I was looking at Faces of Meth, a site that shows before and after pictures of meth addicts. One thing I noticed it that they all seem to have small to moderate sized wounds on their faces. At first I thought it was acne, but they look like open sores. What is this condition? What does the drug do that causes this?
Those wounds you are seeing on their faces are actually places where they have picked at their skin and caused open wounds. It's not a condition, it's just from them scratching and picking at their own skin until it starts bleeding and turning red, causing those wounds to appear.
The drug itself is made from over the counter medications and causes your heart rate to speed up. This is called tweaking. They become paranoid, hyper, unsettled, sometimes combative, amongst many other things. The reactions people have to meth differs from person to person.
Some people don't sleep or eat for several days at a time and when the effects of the drug start to wear off, they become very unreasonable, tired,sore, etc. Some people even complain of pain in their mouths from where they have either chewed the inside of their cheeks and lips or from where they clinch their teeth together for so long that it feels like they have lock jaw.
I have seen too many people during and after they have been on meth and it isn't a pretty sight.
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Meth, as well as other drugs, is slowly destroying our great country. Too cheaply made, easily distributed, and many people are HOOKED. Jail terms are light, rehabs often fail (or are not available), and the merry-go-round just keeps on going round and round. The Drug Addiction "trip" just never seems to end for many, until they die or become "vegetables" for life.
whoa, folks theses are people too. they did they made one unwise decision &are paying dearly for it.they need help. i am so disgusted with the way our nation is handling the war on drugs i `ve got to the point that i feel it should be legalized. people`s gonna do it anyway. what did prohibition show us? alcohol is the WORST drug their is! my father died an old crippled man at52 of course i want the same rights from the police that we have from people drinking.THINK of all the money that could be used in rehabilatation. real education, protecting kids. my stars we`ve got people in the streets. help them, many many people abuse drugs because of mental health - it`s the only way they know to cope with life.we need to help them to get real help.this is what is destroying our country.i also feel that alcohol should be treated with as much seriosness as any other drug.
because they get paranoid and scratch at their faces b/c they think bugs are under their skin-they can also hear voices...my uncle was a meth addict
from me picking it. how can I look normail again after 4 years use and get back with my family and littlw brother without trying to sell him to the local perert for money. Please help me.
///ever heard of ''no money''
Go to the emergency room and they will check you in to a rehab facility. If you have no insurance you will pay for it out of pocket in installments the rest of your life....but isn't it worth it? You need to detox and that can only be done at a hospital. You obviously know this will kill you, so make the choice and make the change....walk into any ER for help. Get a job....even part time so you can start paying back your doctor's bills now.
My face was perfectly clear except for maybe a couple of tiny bumps on my forehead. Then I took wellbutrin for a week (for depression) and then all of a sudden my face broke out and I look like a meth addict. I had to stop taking it because I didn't want to look like that. I seriously have this NASTY acne all over my face and it's been there for 3 weeks now.
Why did this happen? When will it go away?
Wellbutrin (bupropion) is chemically related to methamphetamine, and you may be sensitive to it. Several side effects of bupropion are similar to those of the amphetamines.
It's also possible it doesn't have anything to do with the Wellbutrin.
Ask your doctor - you may just have to use antibiotics for a while until the acne clears.
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“Excuse me ladies and gentleman…I am not here to bother anyone on this train, except that I have locked myself out of the house and I have a child inside and the only way I can open the door is to pay the locksmith, but I have no cash on me…and I am desperate…so if anyone could help me out and could donate money to unlock the front door for me….” If her story had ANY amount of relevancy I feel as though I would need at least a FEW questions answered first…such as, why wouldn’t she call a cop to help her get her child out? Where was the child now? Why did she walk all the way to the subway station and travel six stops into the city? Why hadn’t child services taken away your child from the meth house?
There’s a black dude around here that catches people (me) using a payphone or otherwise occupied and goes into a long spiel about going for a bike ride with his wife and kids and having a flat and needing some money for bus fare for the four of them or the car’s broke and he needs bus fare for that and will leave his tools as security. Has a great delivery. But the third time he went after me, I had to get all over him. He admitted that he was pulling a con and asked that I not hurt him. OK, I let him go and haven’t seen him since. I wonder what became of him.
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