and is rampant in rural America

Campaign here. Billboards, tv, radio, spots. It does seem more despicable than most illegal drugs. I think sometimes an alcoholic will use it in combination to continue drinking. This maybe where some of the blackout drinking comes from. So unpredictable and violent. Bad drug.

I worked in treatment in the 90's back then it was crack and crank.

the ones that had some person pretending to shoot up and "speed kills." Those ads really horrified me and made me very curious as a kid. I wanted to understand why on earth anyone would do such a terrible drug or any drug really. It scared me badly enough, I never wanted to do any illegal drugs and don't even like drinking much. (I have one drink sometimes if we are going to dinner with friends. More than one makes me feel loopy and I don't like that feeling.)

But I do like my morning caffeine, and actually drink tea throughout the day, so maybe that's not so different from those other stimulant drugs. I mean I guess I can understand the attraction, if a person doesn't think harm will happen from them.

Looking back on things I think I have seen some meth addicts and didn't realize it at the time.

I guess what bugs me is that we never seem to learn, as a society. We went through that in the 60's, people dying and acting crazy from speed (Charles Manson and his family were high on speed) and yet here we are again.

Ads. I even drew one as a poster for my room, in the 70's. I think reasonable drug education is as important as sex education to prepare kids for reality. It is good to practice ways of resisting peer pressure to try substances before you are more mature and mentally prepared to handle it. With speed, I like the not even once method, I think the not even once is a good idea. Heroin, too.

Even armed with knowledge, I smoked cigarettes, for over 20, years. They are so bad, I had to quit 4, different times, and each time was stressful. It did give me a point of reference to relate to my detox patients.