CRYSTAL METH KILLS BRAINS

Just in case our front-page story conveys any ambiguity, let's be
perfectly clear - we're against crystal meth, formerly known as speed,
or whatever else it might be called.

It's one scary-sounding drug and as deserving as any of a police
crackdown. Whether or not a war on crystal meth will work in the long
run, remains to be seen. We favour education over enforcement. But we
cannot afford to stand idly by and let young lives be destroyed. And
they are the ones at risk.

Most people are smart enough to accept the experts at their word when
they tell them about the explosive danger of playing with this highly
addictive drug. As with any narcotic, crystal meth does, of course,
produce an astounding euphoria. But after the high comes a crash. And
during the crash, the brain goes through the wringer, destroying brain
cells and mucking with the natural neurotransmitters.

According to article in Rolling Stone magazine last year, users
typically spiral into a paranoid delirium, where their reason for
being becomes obsessed with manufacturing and consuming the drug -
usually in squalorous homemade laboratories.

What more can be said?

It's bad, bad stuff. Save your brain and leave it alone.