sometimes i lose my faith: reasons why meth sucks

remember the days when trips to state parks used to be fun family activities? was it this way for you? my family was crazy about the state parks, for hiking, camping, swimming, picnics, and other miscellaneous activities. but i can assure you that one of those miscellaneous activities was not meth labs. i can't even tell you how disgusted i was by reading this article. its bad enough that these people do this crap in their homes in close proximity to their neighbors, nay, its bad enough that these people do this at all, but now they've infested some of the areas i go to in an effort to seek solice and peace and some good old fashioned fun? i remember as a kid, riding my bike up to the state park near my house (kohler andrae, then terry andre for you wisconsin people). i'd park the bike, and walk for miles on the trails feeling safe as a kitten drinking its mothers milk (i made that up just now, not sure where it came from). back then the only thing i was worried about was poison ivy. and suddenly now you are telling me that i need to be concerned about accidentally happening upon an explosive meth lab? people suck!
At one park, hikers found three bottles of drain cleaner, an empty gas can and a container with ammonia residue, police said.

who does this stuff? where does one go wrong in life to actually say, "hey, drain cleaner and ammonia sound like excellent things to ingest on a routine basis." the one thing i never understood about addictions is how people will willingly forgoe the basic human needs (food, shelter, water, etc.), things that are innate in most people, things that many people do not have but would like, in order to feed their addiction. and meth, well meth seems to take the cake of all addictions. and then mexico goes and does something that legalizes possession of drugs but not the selling of them. this makes NO sense to me. and please do not come to me with your ravings about how you believe that ALL drugs should be legalized in the US because things like meth are evil evil things and trust me, no matter how you fix it, drain cleaner and ammonia will NEVER agree with the insides of the human body so spare me your 'regulation' argument, this isn't coke we're talking about, its meth. you wanna see what this stuff does:
before 3 years later

Photo source: Oregonlive.com there are many more faces here if you are curious.

i'm not yelling at any one of you readers in particular. unless you use meth. in which case you're and idiot. this is mostly just an emotional vent about how trashed i think the human race is sometimes. trashed.


*i'd like to point out that at the top of the kohler andrea website it says "naturally air conditioned. see entry immediately below.