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Infopractical ago

I've had a similar theory. Anyone who has read Gary Webb's pieces on the CIA's creation of the mass crack epidemic (and the gangs of California that became so dangerous) or has even heard about his investigative reporting should be digging into the government's control of drug problems.

One interesting observation about the meth epidemic is that it has targeted a different set of troubled people than crack did in the inner cities. Small towns have been ravaged by meth. And the government's responses include occasionally dismantling non-government suppliers and then making sudifed an OTC drug (and I'm angry that I pay several times its cost as a result just so that I can breath well on bad allergy days). The government has dismantled pieces of the trade, and yet usage has always grown back to previous levels. Huh. I wonder who remains with the capacity to supply all that meth.

Huh.

quantokitty ago

One interesting observation about the meth epidemic is that it has targeted a different set of troubled people than crack did in the inner cities.

Upvoat for that observation. Very astute. Indeed all these drugs target different populations, some bleeding through and others staying in a particular pocket. Think about pharmaceuticals and opioids, they target another population altogether. They're the population who never dreamed of taking drugs. Nonetheless, they're not only one them, they're freakin' addicted to the stuff.

Gotta get this information out there. No more addicts! Not for any reason.

HennyPenny ago

Wonderful, thought provoking research.

My mother had a Pakistani doctor that gave her all the sedating pills she asked for at age 84. You wonder why foreign doctors like to locate in poor rural areas? With no legit competition to scrutinize their peers' conduct, they can be the local legalized drug pusher unhampered and reap profits galore while "legitimately" killing off native Americans.

quantokitty ago

Thanks so much for your comments. I do appreciate them.

Another good point. What about those rural areas? They're even taking care of those, and making mass profits in the process. Who would do that to an eighty-four-year-old? Somebody absolutely ruthless in getting what they want. Since this touched you so personally, I can only empathize with what you went through, and probably are going through knowing what happened.

We need to all get together and make sure this doesn't happen anymore. Somehow we have to communicate with relatives, neighbors, get involved in political groups and become politically active. We have a lot to do, but we can win if we work together.