Kristul Mef

What is Chrystal Meth made of?

I'm no expert, but I did watch someone cook a batch once. (Purely scientific curiosity on my part, I can assure you). They used "Heet"( that stuff that keeps Diesel from gelling in extreme cold conditions), Ether, Cold Medicine, and other stuff I don't remember.

I hear you can make it with Phosphorus fertilizer, Anhydrous Ammonia, Lithium (from batteries), and even Benzyne, all of which are highly flammable and poisonous to the human body.

Tell your kids.

How can you tell if someone is on it?

Common short-term signs include paranoia, inability to eat or sleep, and "Tweaking". Tweakers like to organize things, clean things, hunt for arrowheads, take stuff apart (like motorcycles and VCRs), and collect crap that no one else wants.

Long-term signs include premature aging, especially around the jawline and eyes (we call it Meth Face), bad teeth (Meth Mouth), and bizarre behavior commonly associated with mental disorders. The most common Psychiatric misdiagnosis in America of late has been the diagnosis of schizophrenia in Meth users. Meth users have a tendency to be delusional, and may even have psychotic episodes. Long-term Meth users have a tendency to have a rather large porn collection, much of it home made (males), or figurine collections, like glass unicorns and butterflies (females). This doesn't mean that Aunt Georgia is a tweaker because she has a shelf full of cat statues. The collection will usually reach bizarre proportions in a short amount of time, and will seem like an obsession.

How do we stop it?

Nobody wants to hear this one...We can't stop it. Its too easy to make and very addictive (a fact that only meth heads dispute).

So what can we do about it?

We can drive it back underground. Start pointing and laughing at tweakers in WalMart. I do this all the time myself. If they are hanging around in a public place, start asking lots of questions about law-enforcement activities and such. When you see someone exhibiting signs of use, or just really bizarre behavior, call the law. This last one is tricky.

You see, if We, the People don't get involved, nothing happens. Police are overloaded with BS calls all of the time. Most cops are to the poin of letting the bad neighborhoods stay bad. If no one in an area complains, they just kind of assume that most residents are OK with the deterioration of their neighborhood. So they focus on the areas where people still care. Have you ever noticed that cops work harder in nicer residential districts? That's because the people in those areas call the cops. If you are going to complain about crime, you gotta be willing to complain to the cops. If you are afraid, that's certainly understandable. Being brave doesn't mean you are unafraid, it means you do things even when you are afraid, because those things just have to be done.

I couldn't count the number of times recently that I was positive that I was about to receive a beating, but I stand up to dope fiends and dealers anyway, because this is my country, my neighborhood, etc. Paranoia makes a person a coward, remember that.

If you have a relative/friend who you believe is a user, confront them. Try to get them help. If they won't, well, at least you tried. Keep your stuff locked up if they know where you live.

Maybe no one will read this, and maybe no one will act on it, I don't know. There are "experts" who will dispute some of my facts. I know Meth, I've seen it destroy people very close to me. Since I have adopted my more aggressive approach, I can say that they at least avoid being around me, and they have stopped stealing my lawn-mower gas...