Meth addicts will do anything–and I mean _anything_
Amazing Antics: Stories of Alcoholism-Driven Behaviorsâ„¢
Cooking meth
Story from “This is True”by Randy Cassingham, with his “tagline:â€
“GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN: Marlena Adams, 24, of Wasilla, Alaska, was burned over 50 percent of her body when a concoction of methamphetamine blew up in her household oven. She told police she does use meth, but the drugs weren’t hers; rather, she says, someone put them in her oven in an attempt to kill her. In addition to drug charges, she faces a charge of reckless endangerment since her 3-year-old son was in the house at the time. (Anchorage Daily News) …In her defense, she claims she was just teaching him how to cook.”
Meth addicts will do anything for their drug, including endangering their own children to a degree not seen with any other drug. Many law enforcers suggest that it is at the root of more cases of child endangerment than all other drugs put together. In Oregon, virtually every case in which the state permanently removes the children from their parents involves meth. The focus on obtaining the drug after as little as a few months of use is, apparently, greater than the late-stage alcoholic after decades of heavy drinking.
(Story from “This is True,”copyright 2005 by Randy Cassingham, used with permission.)
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