Meth addicts do the craziest things
Amazing Antics: Stories of Alcoholism-Driven Behaviorsâ„¢
Stories from “This is True”by Randy Cassingham, with his “tagline:â€
“THAT WARM FEELING: Daniel Zeiszler, 22, pleaded no contest to a charge of manufacturing methamphetamine and was sentenced to five months in jail and three years of probation. Zeiszler didn’t use typical methods to make the drug. He had just smoked some meth, so he tried to filter the residue out of his urine using solvent. The ‘methodology this guy used would work,’ said San Mateo County, Calif., chief deputy district attorney Steve Wagstaffe, ‘but it would take bottles and bottles of urine.’ (San Francisco Chronicle) …Which of course will now have to be tightly regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.”
When I first researched and wrote Drunks, Drugs & Debits in the late ‘90s, I thought that alcohol was the most dangerous drug for the addict. While I still believe that undetected alcoholism usually results in the alcoholic causing the most damage to others, the use of methamphetamine is clearly a close second, if shorter-lived. The most insane behaviors can usually be attributed to meth addiction. The good news is that it’s usually obvious the addict is on something, which allows even the addiction-unaware to move into defensive mode, thereby preventing entanglement and harm to others.
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