Cheaper, stronger meth causing ‘extreme psychosis’ among users
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- Three former users, now in recovery, talk about the potent P2P meth that is flooding Portland’s streets and what it does to people who use it.
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This country is under attack in many ways.
By the CIA
Selling drugs to America
super ceral guys man bear pig is real
Communist devils 😈.
@@carlbowles1808
Greedy capitalist
Stealing from the poor.
Somehow giant opioid crisis all at the same time
9 years old. I don’t think he did that to himself, someone failed this man when he was a boy.
100
na hes full of shit addicts love saying they used longer and harder then anyone else noway he started at 9 years old
I’m the neighbor. It was yummy and get it right … he brought the meth and asked me to do that to him. Lol
@@JohnDoe69986
Why what did the guy say
@@jessegraves9218
Yeah really funny
Psilocybin saved my life . I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September . I have zero cravings . This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment .
Psilocybin containing mushrooms helped me. They drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit
Please does anyone know where I can get them ? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels , I would love to try shrooms
When you've experienced psilocybin,the visions,the feeling that others feel become relatable and real, but when you haven't they could sound weird
@@louisianawalters7452 Yes Dr. Mile
The Trips I've been having have really helped me a lot,I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
One huge problem with drug recovery is that most of these people have come in contact with law enforcement many have records and that keeps them from being able to find legitimate jobs when they try to change their lives. This inability to earn legitamate income and find housing keeps them on the street and depressed which in turn makes them turn back to the drug use. We need to remove the stigma from peoples past so they can change their future.
Don`t steal.If you have to steal to support your habit you have to think long and hard because it can ruin your whole life.I was a heroin addict for 10 years and held full time employment the whole time. Near the end I was almost broke.I took a two month leave of absence from my job,went through the pain of withdrawal. Went back to work but it took three years to feel halfway normal.( Insomnia) Never ever do heroin, it`s so seductive.
That's a stupid excuse. I was in trouble with the law the entire time I was young, and NEVER had a problem finding a job. These people do not want to work, that's why they have no jobs. I cleaned up my life, learned a trade, applied with government for federal clearance and now have a six figure income. Get your facts straight. A lot of these people don't want help and NOBODY can help them other than themselves.
@@pointnIaugh agree to disagree. I got clean and could not find a job due to my record. Where I live though, if you stay out of trouble long enough, your record gets swiped. Once my record was swiped I had no problem finding work, but getting work before then was almost impossible.
We've been talking at least since the 80's about how laws that are draconian in their punitive nature do not help anyone overcome addiction. The war on drugs is a war on people. But hey those private prisons have to stay full somehow!
No way, there’s soooo many programs to help people integrate back into society. Especially in Portland. There are more resources for the homeless than ever before. These people are addicts and/or crazies who REFUSE treatment and CHOOSE to live on the street because they are allowed to.
I did meth in 1978-79, joined the USAF in 1981 and retired in 2010. Best decision ever. Nasty sh!t.
How else is the US going to get idiots to war
Thank you for your Service. Retired Navy here, 2007. 🙂
So the meth was the best decision..? Or joining the air force..? Or leaving..?😉
Sorry, seriously I'm curious if you personally feel that meth influenced your mindset in such a way as to make joining the USAF a more likely choice, or made it more appealing..?
@@qjtvaddict you wouldn't have the courage to join the military, keyboard warrior.
Anyhow, Ex Airforce here too, thank you for your service sirs
the army is gay
I did it everyday for 11 years. I quit four months ago.
Good job bro !
U just did it with me yesterday what u mean buster
Stay as far away as you can.. it’s easy to fall back. Pray to God and get help to KEEP your off
Stay strong I've been clean for almost 2 years .
You'll be back..meth heads never quit till they die!
IN MY 56 YEAR'S I'VE NEVER USED NO DRUG'S NOT NOW NEVER WILL
Doing Meth at 9 years old is insanity. Poor guy, his parents were clearly users as well
i know plenty of people who are stuck on this shit . best thing to do is never do it .
Make certain
Indeed
I tried it. Never got addicted. Must be lucky
@@demonprincess2045 Quitter
@@demonprincess2045
It’s just means you don’t have an addictive chemical inbalancement
My step dad died of a meth overdose back in 2018. Before that he was living on the streets of Portland due to his heroine/meth addiction. When we tried to tell him to come home he said that her preferred to live on the streets. He was getting checks for 5150... it was really sad to watch him deteriorate over the years. This drug sucks and the government should do more to stop this crap. I live in California and can't even go to the store without seeing someone freaking out acting erratic from meth psychosis. I was driving one night and there was a lady slithering on the curb on her belly like a snake... scary!! Another time there was a man in a dark parking lot just ramming shopping carts into the wall over and over again laughing like a manic. I don't care what anyone says but I believe that drug opens you up to demons.
So sorry for your loss. I agree w/ you.
LA county morgue documentary.
@@NotitiaRecolligo thank u 💓
@@deadsypadilla thanks I will look it up!
We all allowed the huge corperations to become untouchable monopolies. And a considerable part of those monopolies are pharmaceutical companies. Pharmaceutical companies make money selling drugs. Noone has more money than Americans.
its about time someone said it. every single person is sick. our society is breaking down or is totally broken.
Even if its not that strong,after 4 days without no sleep you will get weird and paranoid and start to see things that are not there.
problem is people have no self control. There are High Profile users who work everyday, don’t steal and raise their children. People who let drugs control them are lacking will power or just looking for an excuse. I see it daily in the small towns here in the south. It’s destroyed so many towns and communities but it’s a supply and demand problem. Also research how many users were once on ADHD/ADD medicines such as Ritalin or adderall. They did a study and found once teens were kicked off parents insurance for reaching the age limit (technically not teens anymore) they resorted to using Meth. It gives them the same focus and calming effects as prescribed medicines. For non Adhd patients, they take Ritalin or adderall they are sped up and have the same effect as meth would. Your doctors and teachers are responsible for the meth epidemic. They choose which kids are considered suffering from Adhd or add when it is solely hyper kids. kids with natural energy. the meds they prescribed just zombified the children.
This is true. Even without an upper.
I respect these guys a lot for their sobriety, particularly with them being surrounded by access to meth.
don't be so sure there not using i see the itching and grinding there teeth.....
@stormstruct Absolutely 💯 Now that is strength. I know I couldn't do it. These are real heroes, people who can kick an addiction🕉💜
Being around the “monster” 💊 is not good for them. Please tell them to go to Amazon or Walmart to work .. the rates are better this month !!
And not being around it is not either. Pretending something doesn't exist doesn't work and will always back fire. And not that it is, but my facial ticks and shit stayed with me over a year after getting sober. Stay in your lane and let people heal the way that works for them. God forbid we actually lift each other up these days, holy hell...
May you find the peace in yourself that you can't stand to see in anyone else🕉
Yes l concur 100%.... They are angels in a totally FKD City......by design unfortunatly.
I’m not proud of it but I write this in hopes that it helps someone out there.
23 years ago when I was 19 in 1998, I did meth that was “dirty”. Cheap quality. But the point is that I experienced extreme psychosis that basically made me a zombie for 10 years. The combination of meth and my obsessive compulsive issues were a terrible combination and I was lost in the head, unable to be myself of let go of OCD habits that left a negative mentality in me for those years. By the Grace of God He saved me and restored me, but the experience will stay with me for my life and the lives of my loved ones.
I just want to discourage anyone from meth or any drug for that matter. There is no better high than being successful in life and your loved ones happy for you and at peace. Don’t chase more than the good life that God has already given you. Every high has a low, and you have to come down and suffer some time. May God Bless us all.
Amen!
Thank you
8 weeks clean of meth lost my mind on the shit
James, find Dr. Gabor Mate' s book, "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts", he suffers from OCD & treats addicts. I've been clean 20 years but this book still helped me grow. Best to all who suffer 💙
My son is in psychosis now ,he's 33 has had mould around his heart . Won't let anyone help him ,it's 🥺💔 stay strong in Christ every day.
I am so incredibly blessed (and lucky), that I was able to escape a 15 year meth addiction. The big problem for me is that it was manageable and I was amazingly functional at my work and home life and I also managed to avoid any sort of legal consequences. Unfortunately, what meth did do was destroy my soul and my self respect. I thoroughly despise that person that I was and now it's a lifetime of recovery. I am confident I will not use meth again, but the spiritual and psychological damage is real and I will always have to struggle with the shadow of that "other guy", that still exists even without the meth.
Those three men--Kenneth, Rick, Eddie--are fantastic examples of people who managed somehow to walk away from the hellish enslavement of addiction, they are survivors of the nightmare. Big hugs guys, not just for your strength in getting out of that life but also for your willingness to share your stories. Blessings to them and to all others who have walked their path.
I don't think people like you understand drugs or addiction at all
@@user-bk3kv8sl9z dude for real. I’m so tired of these ignorant narratives about visibly irresponsible drug users. Back when I used to slang I’d sell to lawyers, doctors, moms, construction foremen, you name it. These people legitimately think hard drugs are mind control devices that create mindless automatons.
It's Nick lol
@@user-ge9gz3sn5sshut up bot
I got news for you. Portland was already suffering of psychosis without any drugs for last 10 years.
I got some accurate factual news for you. Portlands drug problem goes back much further than 10 years... The psychosis is only increasing with the influx of Prope Dope...
@@herbhungry7565 I don't doubt that it does. I was saying people in Portland were nuts BEFORE drugs. Drugs are just making the issue worse. Read more carefully.
Actually, people in Portland have been more aware and active than most other oblivious cities in this country as far back as I can remember (25-30 years ago). It's no surprise that these sensitive, aware people go looking for ways to numb their senses.
@@theurbanthirdhomestead you must live in Portland.... no one outside of Portland (or maybe Seattle) would say something so idiotic.
@@IndyRockStar not at all, and I'm not a liberal either. I have a lot of respect for people willing to go against the grain of society to stand up for what they believe. 🙏 I did, however, spend a summer there doing landscaping way back in like 1995 or so.
IMO, the problem for Portland isn't so much the meth, but the politicians who don't seem to give a shit about it being used by the citizens.
The politicians don't give a flying fuck about the American people c'mon now we're nothing but commodities used as pawns in their fucked up game nothing more
The thing is that in order to help, they need to stop putting addicts in the prison system (where they’ll just network and hook back up on the outside). They need to be put into rehab programs like these guys. It’s way better for the community to lift people up, rather than lock them up with violent criminals.
@@julianhyde1645 exactly by treating addicts like criminals and not what they truly are which are vulnerable and emotional adults usually with resolved traumas or deep mental scarring deserve to be treated like any other sick individual, once you become addicted you cannot just stop taking your substance cold turkey they need to ween off slowly and by just throwing these people in jail cells it’s only causing more of a polarity between police and civilians by making drug abuse a moral issue when it’s really a public health issue.
Unresolved not resolved excuse the typo.
Please tell me that the street name for this is called " Democrat ". ( Cheaper, stronger meth causing ‘extreme psychosis’ )
Respect to all of them for turning their lives around, I cant imagine how difficult that mustve been
How about respect someone for not being a scumbag in the first place? I was a junky for decades and I don't feel I deserve an award for stopping. I did it because being dope sick really sucks
Their difficulty was running out of dope and then having to face reality.
@@ahbalone yeah that's really sad
@@ryanhom3006 I too was a junkie for decades and yeah, I was a peice of shit, but the fact still remains that less than 1% of dope users ever truly kick it, I'd say we earned a little recognition there, not to mention our truly valuable insight into society's darkest and scariest(by normal people's standards) places. Don't sell yourself short bro or you'll wind right back up in the hotseat again! Also, that attitude doesn't inspire other users to quit...
@@lightpropulsionguy I didn't want to quit. I miss it dearly I just can't handle being sick like that ever again. I'd rather die
i had a guy randomly walk up and ask me if i knew where i could find this type of stuff.blew my mind that ppl are so desperate that theyd approach a complete stranger not knowing who they are or what there capable of.its sad really
I'm seeing a lot of compassion on here from folks who've never been addicted. As an addict in recovery that's really heart warming. It's easy to not feel compassion for the people breaking into your cars at night and talking with train cars as they scream by. It's a living, waking nightmare . And with this dope they are talking about , the nightmare comes faster , stays longer , and hits harder.....untill it kills you.
Thank you for your heart
Nobody wants to be this way
Meth really is the perfect metaphor for the devil in starting out getting you addicted as the lucifer angel of light compound and insidiously degrades your executive function and memory till you lose everything and ultimately your life. Thankfully I only dabbled with meth fewer than 10 times but I really didn't enjoy it after the first 5 hours it required lots of downers to mellow out the crash. But I can see how people get hooked so easily for 1. Chasing the high, and 2. Absolve themselves of the low after the high wears off. Its a boom and bust cycle thats easy to get caught up in.
It always seemed to me that addiction is it's own punishment. People engage in all kinds of self destructive behavior. Most of them don't get persecuted and jailed for it. They get help and compassion. We should be able to offer the same to drug addicts.
we all have choices.
Hear hear, my friend...
You stole from my vehicle?? Ummmm dye
I have been through drug induced psychosis. I am 6+ years clean from drugs, quit nicotene, and alcohol. It took me going to jail to get through the withdrawls from the drugs but it's all about your mindset because if you can make it through then you can be free for the rest of your life.
Keep reminding folks that it ain't nothing but good being sober from all drugs...can't beat natural highs
You said the magic word mindset . Addiction is a choice , make the right one !
Proof it can be done without praying to fake gods too!
@@mikeheaton8424
Addiction is not a choice people have a chemical problem in their brain The first time using is a choice after that for an addict it is not a choice that’s why you have people that can use recreationally and you have people that are addicts
Trix I’m a long sober alcoholic , addiction is a choice ! I got sober with no rehab , no relapse ! 100% addiction is a choice ! No sympathy !
I hate this drug with a passion. My ex used to fly into blind rages when he used meth, and one time tried to light me on fire. If anyone reading this is currently using I'm begging you to go get help. It will destroy you and take everyone you love down with you.
I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin (early 2000's). I was 13 and it was honestly hard to find a bag of weed. Plenty of pills though.. Once the DEA started their "war on drugs" nobody had their prescriptions, and from that moment I was introduced to heroin and so was everyone else. Everyone was high on heroin. Some friends and family died or was in prison faster than you could imagine. Nowadays when I pass through my old neighborhood you see folks tweaking just about everywhere. Meth is so bad here that ppl sell the shit for $40 a ball, sometimes I get it for free. I am very worried for what my future holds at this moment. It's so hard.
@illicitlitmisfit I hear you and I really appreciate the concerns. I wish it was as easy to get out. No matter where I go it follows and eventually finds me. I just try to stay healthy and keep my use to a minimum but you know how that goes. God bless, you're a good old soul.
Shit a lot Worse things you could be doing than meth It's literally the 2nd widely used recreational drug other than weed
Anybody with a loved one flipped out, don't just give up on em. You can pull em back out even though they seem to far gone.
Don't think you can't do it.
I recently went as far as signing everything I own over to my wife, prepared for a life of the unknown..Prison, life or death for my son. Yup, I know he made a bad choice ta fuck around but I know he didn't choose to flip out. I honestly didn't know if he'd get out of the flip out but I chased him down day and night for 3 months. Getting into it with law and street folk but eventually! Locked him down for about a month. 24/7 monitoring. No phones no self time for him. No visitors or nothing.
Hes 100% now.
Don't give up on your loved ones. If they're not themselves, can we kick em to the curb?
I couldn't. I'd do life for my kid. Thank God I made that choice.
Take care of community to. An individual doesn't have to do it all by themselves. Even helping somebody who is trying to save somebody works big fuckin miracles.
Real talk you're a real one,sounds like you got your priorities in check,much respect! My kids mean more to me than my own life,I will do whatever they need.
My family kicked me out over weed end of the day you just gotta accept anyone who does this simply doesnt love their people and was looking for the first excuse to give up
@@gokushkameha-ha-ha9344 I'm not sure where you live but be careful smokin bud. Back in the day, our parents would add to the hype of drugs being bad, including smoke. You may already know this but as today goes, alot of the cheaper shit is getting rolled in all kinds of shit. Its flippin fools out, even first timers. If you've got that going on where you're at, it catches up. The bud ain't just bud in some cases anymore and thats lame.
I know some people like ta fuck around with other shit to but to be honest, we've all already heard the song and seen the dance from both sides of the spectrum. Those that use and those that don't.
In you're family situation, I can't call it. Takes you and them being 100% honest to yourselves.
I use to fuck around with anything under the rainbow but what came first was how I treated those around me.
I didn't want anybody fucking with my life but at the same time, I didn't wanna fuck up anybody elses.
When I was real with myself is when I stopped fucking around.
When were high! Were fucked up!
Good shit right?
At that same time though, we can't see everything for how it is, were different.
In my case as a parent now, I booted my son twice, he was using and was impacting the whole house negatively.
He had ta go.
He called it one day and was like pops, I'm done...I wanna get right. I was like cool.....I got you.
He detoxed hard as fuck 2 times. He did it. I just supported him.
This last time, he just wanted ta blaze it. He got ahold of some danky shit that had been put together with some other shit and just flipped out. Gone...he had always been honest about what he was doing so I didn't trip. I knew he was being honest this time around. He was jacked up though. Couldn't just be bud right?
So I did like i knew how ta do. Followed homeboy around town. Got all his spots on lock and noticed this bud was wack....but he wanted that shit.
So, with my past as a youngster I was like fuckit, rolled up, walked in onea the pads saling this bud right, got busy quick like and took dudes shit.
Checked it out and this fool was droppin all kinds of shit in this bud. He was crying when he told me and said a gang of people is doing like that.
I told my son, look. These foo's are lacing this shit sick like, did you know?
He was like, no pops but lemmie get that!...I was like son,,,,you trippin...
For the first time ever, my kid got crazy and was flippin out. We never got into it. Never.
Hes onea the dopest and flyest kids out there.
He'd never roll like that!
That shit killed but right away, I seen he was done. He lost it. I had no choice cuz although he chose to smoke bud, he didn't chose all that other shit.
Wasn't just him either.
Kids and adults around here was dropping like flies. Thats not cool.
So, we did that damn thing right, with all kinda fellas, streets and some other shit. All bad.
It saved his life and pretty recent he came back all the way.
Ended up he wanted ta get at dudes that did it but check it.
Its a nation wide thing.
Were here in Cali, I got boys all over and some have gone through same shit.
All within months apart.
Once a kid is fuckin with anything and the parents feel they've lost thier son, its crazy...some just bone out on the kid cuz fuck it, it ain't thier kid nomore.
Others have no clue and get scared then say fuck it.
Very few have the life experiences to be able to go kick doors in. Smash on foo's ta get em ta talk then take a couple moths off ta get em right.
Then the system!
They want motherfuckers on anything, they don't care.
I ain't trying ta preach foo but really take a look at everything. If you can't hide the bud smokin from your family then maybe something that comes with it is the issue.
Could be as simple as a no tolerance on your families side which I would agree with as long as you're sound body, mind and sole.
If you get some bad shit and flip out! Then I'd hope they'd go ta bat for you.
Truth, thats it.
If you're blazin is worth the loss,,,,question that stuff.....
Be fuckin safe Gokush.
I was kicked out for my addiction and my Christian family never forgave me even after 20 years. Ironic.
@@bassman4201000 And you're probably just fine. In some cases that is for the better. Part of my "Christian" family members were more like the Manson family. All hyped up on that judgement juice.
Its all good though. Once I realized everybody else is simply a person like I am, I was good ta go. Just did life...
Kenneth's last story is the bottom line: Ppl have to want better for themselves... plain and simple.
So you are saying that people whom want it better look towards Meth in the first place?
You want to better yourself? First Get Off The Dope That Makes Your Life So Wonderful.
@@peetydontpass8309 I don't know if I would describe paranoia, psychosis, and violent outbursts as "so wonderful"
to want better, they have to first believe that it is possible. most addicts treat their addiction like it's the plague - something to be ashamed of - like they aren't completely human. most of them get very good at hiding it. I bet you know some of them and don't even know it.
Plain and simple... Nothing is plain and simple. One person can want to succeed and do so, it has little relevance to every individual situation of human suffering.
Our world is full of temptation, the kinds of things that fire up dopamine... Like close friendships use to do.
Kenneth, Nick and Eddie will always be in recovery. Hopefully they will all stay strong 💪 🙏 and don't have a relapse.
THESE MEN ARE SO STRONG!!!!!! AND I PRAY THEY STAY CLEAN 🙏
Hey Kenneth, Nick, and Eddie, great work guys! Never, ever give up on yourself again...One recovering addict to another, you're worth living for.👍
Keep going my brothers there are more of us than they think 🙏🇬🇧
Just cause u were an addict don't make u ruined. It actually makes you very useful!
@@beavinator420 Thanks, Joseph. That's easy to lose sight of sometimes. But it's true.
@@boldflyer_creations are you in Portland? Im a stoner from hell and grow the shit
@@beavinator420 I am in Portland. I'm totally substance free, though, my friend.
I'm glad these men found redemption.
No they found support and a clean way to live
awe man m Prayers for all who are struggling. I'm clean sober 12 yrs now from meth and crack. I'm grateful i got out!
How does the math work here? If a $20 bag lasted 4-5 days a decade ago, and now "it lasts 10 minutes," how does the reporter figure it's cheaper now?
And reported to be so much more pure and potent now compared to then 🤔
Wait, that guy was hooked at 9? That's tragic
Stick to plants, kids. You're more likely to survive being stupid on plants.
Yeah, give these people some hemlock.
And fungi.
Yeah give these guys some mint and basil
Yeah being a vegan is best.
ephedra is a plant
Bless you, guys. I was given some of the oldest version one summer back in the 80's. That greasy, peanut butter-looking stuff that was hard to snort and felt like putting a match out in your nostril. After a few WEEKS, I felt that I was doing it whenever I could; then stopped. I gave away everything I had on me, and took a week off of work. A very nasty first three days. I will never forget and never touched it again. I can't IMAGINE how much worse they are these days. And I can't imagine the long-term damage from doing it for YEARS. I feel really bad for people out there doing it; I remember. Best of luck, all of you!
Thank God this is being addressed! Thank you!
It's a sad day in America when a man can no longer enjoy real meth in a city gutter
To make matters worse; they are cleaning up trash that homeless meth heads need for survival.
Well doctors are prescribing adderall to just about anyone including children... Adderall is amphetamine and meth is methamphetamine... They try to say young kids energy is just ADHD when all young animals have alot of energy, look at puppies they never stop moving or any other animal
@@Gnarnia.
Yep absolutely
We have the constitutional right to take any drug- The pursuit of happiness ✳️☯️🛸🔮🦄👄
@@Gnarnia. What?
I smoked it everyday for ten years. The only side effects I had was unemployment and prison
The moral dicks in this country infringe on the rights to the Pursuit of Happiness.
That's not true haha.
@@damienbunting873 I would clean my dog's house at 3am and take my bike apart too
@@smokingjoe9864
just about EVERY meth head is a thief. When your "Pursuit of happiness" victimizes others then its WRONG YOU IDIOT.
@@zoggrog8823 a small percentage of druggies are thieves. Millions get get high. Millions dont steal.
That guy basically said meth lasted longer in the past! 5 days for $20 and now it last 4-10 mins! That means it's weaker
What's funny is literally no meth lasts 4 to 10 minutes LOL all of it keeps you up for days
You noticed that too? It must of slipped passed the editing of this almost perfect piece of propaganda.
you know we saw this coming from a mile away from the glamorization of meth in that tv show called "Breaking Bad" the producer of that show did humanity a huge disservice by normalizing the use of meth into mainstream culture
I often wonder if actors or rappers feel negatively or anything at all about glamorizing these things. It really does start waves like Scarface started the coke dealing on a different level. It at least helped anyway.
@@lrrich8023 yeah I wonder if actors ever look at the legacy of their movies, and even some directors create really toxic esp all the crime mob boss shit !ovies for like 50 years now it's like c'mon lease
My sister has been on it for over a year now I finally had to separate myself from her the main thing that always comes to mind when she acts crazy is the devil it reminds me of pure evil
They used to call the old biker stuff Crank instead of crystal meth.
And why did they call it crank......hint, it has to do with where they hid it.
@@pwilki8631
pull that side cover buddy we got a run to make....
Kenneth, Nick and Eddie, you guys kick ass. Nice job getting sober and I hope you stay sober. Nice story.
Extreme Psychosis & slurred speech patterns, violence, hearing voices when no one is there.
Im my 20s I took whatever was put in front of me. Thank God no one put meth or heroin before me. I lost a dear girlfriend to meth. I got sober and clean and she was not able to. I think of her often. I thank God every day for my sobriety - its now 42 years
10 months sober my hats off to these guys. I moved states twice been through multiple treatment programs. I'm in a place now where it's not as accessible. Don't know what I'd do in Portland if it was all around me.
The further I move away from drugs means it is just a longer drive to get high.
@@smokingjoe9864 respect the honesty but I'm sure it would slow you down a bit at least.. ? At least you'd have to have your shit together enough to make the trip.
Meth is everywhere.....just say you don't have a hook up near you 😉
@@JtPrince it everywhere like you said.
I was on H for 14 years ..lived on the streets in big cities in Germany..(Frankfurt, hamburg,berlin,kassel ..now cologne )
But since 4 years I am "clean" [methadone from 120mg to now 7mg and soon 0] and I live in a big city next to a scene where I could get almost anything I want ..
I guess ..if you have purpose in live and someone who loves you ..thats no problem at all ..
I had a huge meth addiction 5 years ago, now I get high about every 3 to 6 months, I went to Portland and got high off meth, it made me talk uncontrollably, really strange crap there
yeah. doesn't sound like "extremely pure" meth. If it was pure then this would not be happening. It's quite easy to titrate when smoking, so if it is more pure then people just smoke less and save money. Something wrong with this reporting. Plus the stuff in the 90s and early 2000s that was made from psuedo (before it was controlled) was the good stuff.The everything in the last 10 years at least has been garbage unless you have a really good connect.
Also that one guy said it used to be that a bag would last you 4-5 days now it's 4-5 hours, Since he was a recent user he would know. That is the opposite of "more pure". Meth isn't all too dissimilar to the amphetamine salts they give little kids with adhd. Both are neurotoxic and have the same effects. Meth just lasts longer.But that's not the narrative they want to push. But this is the result of banning and demonizing certain drugs. People are the same for 100,000s year and more. Seeking mind altering substances is part of our DNA If you try to forcibly prevent that behavior it's just going to come out in an even more desperate and dangerous way. Add to that the fact that the street makers have to alter the process to produce an inferior and more dangerous product just compounds the problem. All my life they been talking about getting tough on drugs and showing off the huge busts and where has it got us? We are worse now than ever. Time for a radically new approach based on acceptance and compassion and not prohibition and demonization + incarceration. If you have a problem with drugs being made legal for adult usage then you are the problem.
@@trippmoore check out Hamilton's Pharmacopia "A possitive meth story."
Yeah, there's something wrong with that shit.
There are a lot of support networks out there for any addiction. All you have to do is ask and commit to it. Nothing is easy in life, but the hardest thing sometimes is asking for help and accepting the idea that you are an addict.
Old school meth was like strong diet pills and you could actually get stuff done. Performance enhancing. Today's meth you can't concentrate long enough to write your name
Dats da gud stuff
Just like the old PCP , you could lift weights and become strong as hell . Now ? , Your gonna freak out for sure
Doesn't it just come down to dosage? When I was using I did small bumps and I could function fine, then one night I seen some other people doing it and they were doing lines 20x the size of mine and I was like ok I get how you are all so fucked up now.
i used meth briefly, only eating it tho i tried snorting it and smoked it years later briefly, in 1971. It was like super-adderall and had a real clean high and made a person feel cheerful and wide awake etcetera. Recently, I was foolish enough to eat some of the "crystal" or "ice" that is around here nowadays. All it di was make me crazy and there was no pleasure. Maybe it is the L instead of the D version, see Sam Quinnes article at The Atlantic for more info there. I don't know. I'm glad I didn't like this new stuff. To me it was nothing like the speed I knew from the 70s and from the 90s or so, which was the last time i had tried it before last week. This new meth seems to be pure insanity in a bottle and just a trip to psychosis, very different and unpleasant compared to what I thought it would be.
@@Esketh19 Dosage is certainly important, and someone who goes psycho on a larger dose might get a therapeutic benefit from a smaller dose, I don't know. Sleep deprivation is of course a major factor, that and malnutrition. And God help the people using the needle. It tears a human being apart yet they can't stop without help and even then, well to me the Higher Power must be sought just as 12 step programs tell us, and I believe it.
They look like they have 10 minutes sober. 😳🤷😳
I believe addiction is caused by childhood trauma and it is not passed down.
Nightmare--No homelike peace: I live with man who keeps trying, failing to stop illegal drug use. Rage so obvious when he relapses.
I'm glad I'm 70 now.. we only had real drugs pot coke. And mushrooms this new shit is crazy
The third reich was fueled by meth. This stuff isn’t new.
Lol ether, meth, lsd, heroin, mescaline, dmt, etc etc and many many many other drugs were synthesized by end of ww2. There isn’t really any new drugs just new analogues. Look up Alexander shulgin
@@Just.A.T-Rex Shulgin! A true luminary. Reading his book now, “the nature of drugs”.
How does $20 worth of meth only last for ten minutes? That sounds like cocaine. Even the smallest dose of meth will have someone amped for hours.
His tolerance probably went up
That's true but smoking meth can cause a brief peak of euphoria that only lasts a few seconds. The temptation to smoke more to get back to that ultra high peak usually causes the user to do even more
that debunks the whole cheaper lasterlonging part of it.
They do it all in 10min...shoot it up or smoke it stay high for a while.
Not true anymore. They use less Sudafed and shittier chemicals that are easier to find. The dope is not the same as it was in the early 2000's. I would only sleep twice a month back then and now I could go right to sleep after smoking a bowl, doing a line and an hour later doing a shot (iv) shit is garbage now. That's the only way to fight this drug epidemic is by reducing the power the drug gives. If you boost the power and make it great again more people will pick it up and use. I don't use anymore
These guys are great people, really the only types who can help this problem.
They get clean, crawl out of the fire barely clinging to life, just to stand and walk right back into the fire to help other people out too.
people need to want to get clean. Only then will any help offered be useful. And that is the "solution" to the "drug problem". End the drug war, end prohibition, create common sense regulation based on harm reduction and acknowledgment that people want to alter their perception in various ways as a part of human nature. They aren't "bad" for wanting to use meth or heroin or alcohol or cigarettes or sugar or coffee or cannabis to make the day to day struggle of living a little easier to deal with. Finally use all the money we throw at the "problem" year after year (for no benefit) toward providing universal health care (including mental heath), paid family leave, better schools, a guaranteed jobs program, and treatment on demand with no judgement or fear of prosecution for those that have let their substance use get out of hand and want help. If you don't think that's a better "solution" then you aren't actually giving it any thought.
Way to go to the 3 men...that attitude is what is needed to help turn people around
Hand it out for free. Clean up the streets.
I see, let them take care of it,permanently. I think offing the dealer would be better.
Clean and Safe…I personally applaud you guys for what you do in helping keep our streets clean. Thank you. And keep your chin up.
The city failed them when they decriminalized meth and heroin.
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Not it’s a medical issue not a criminal issue
@@noneyadamnbusiness33 Sure sounds to me like they were using before decriminalization and went clean after decriminalization(or around that time period).
Is your argument that if only they had gone to prison, at an early age, their lives would have been much better? After all being surrounded by all of the wisdom sharing, kind, free love types in prison turns around so many lives. We've built amazing rehabilitation centers in american prisons. They help give people a purpose and they come out with skills ready to work and contribute to the community. The community, seeing they are out of prison and therefore must be rehabilitated, do not hold their sentence against them and are quick to give them gainful employment and housing.
Right^^^^???? No, the exact opposite is much more true, is it not? We should be very wary of sending people to prison for the first time unless they are repeatedly proving themselves to be a lost cause or have committed violent crimes against others. In either case their danger to society outweighs the gravity of sending them to prison where they will be treated like animals and surrounded by low iq brutes who will likely try to victimize them.
Yeah, right. They are only after they're own wallet.
That being the news people.
Our thanks again to the one's running Portland.
In the late 60s I walked down peach tree street in downtown Atlanta. Within a couple of blocks I was offered every drug imaginable multiple times. Times have not changed.
Getting off meth and staying sober is a HUGH feat! Much respect to these three men.
Lol if it’s not addictive why do so many people do it and why can’t they stop right away. Ur fuckin stupid
@CBEdits man, you just like to make up facts and pull them out of your ass don't you. you have a rationalization for everything yet wonder why no one agrees with you or likes you. yah i don't give a shit
@CBEdits everything you're saying is a direct reflection of yourself, fuck off
@CBEdits thank you !
@@mercutiomurphy2743 your mad because you believe that bullshit and feel like you accomplished something and now you're but hurt it shows considering dude just stated facts and you started hurling insults like a little girl
I am a first responder and this problem is huge and growing. It is a multi faceted problem of societal decay,loss of morality and loss of recognition of the importance of lives. Society is unravelling not only in Portland but in the US.There are truly no simple answers...
Maybe we dont like your morals. Some people like to get high. The city needs to accommodate these citizens. Bring back the red light districts. Open up the flop houses, drug dens, and brothels for people to stay at. Do gooders want to force people to live their God fearing ways. Worse than the Taliban.
Portland wanted this lol
@@smokingjoe9864 drugs are illegal. As long as meth is illegal, it's not gonna happen. People just don't get high once in awhile. People can't handle it, commit crimes to support their habits. I don't see someone arguing with pretend people getting and keeping a job.
@@maggie0285 only illegal because of you moral people dont like drugs. Well the majority is a changing sunshine
@@maggie0285 I have been getting high since 1979. I work. Millions get high and work. I will tell you....your war on drugs - drug testing, that still goes on today, isn't fair and only makes it harder to get a job. We would work 12 hour shifts of hard labor and do lines on our break. Best workers you had. Now they faint if you pop open a beer at work. A man was judged by the size of the bar in his office. Big boss, big bar, office clerk, flask in the drawer. Sissified the country.
I can understand getting addicted to something like narcotics that make you feel mellow, no pain, relieves anxiety, etc. But being on this stuff doesn't seem like a pleasant experience, so it mystifies me a bit.
Maybe dont legalize hard drugs then whine about the problems this caused..you created the DAMN problem if we legalize hard drugs no one will use them. ?????????
Who legalized recreational meth?
Incidentally, meth, like cocaine, is a Sch II drug available by prescription.
Institutionalize them
Meth isn't legal, and this type of meth isn't new, there's always been meth this is clickbait.
@@johntaranto29 Additionally, if it's the old biker meth, it's D-L meth rather than the D-meth made from pseudoephedrine, meaning it should be a bit speedier but give less of a high.
So the drug war was working? Is that what you’re saying? Institutionalizing people and giving them criminal records works better? And I don’t think Portland actually legalize meth, they decriminalized it to where there’s no criminal charges. Which is a step in the right direction. What they have is a human problem, not a meth problem
The gentleman in this video who straightened out their life are a beacon of hope and deserve to be commended. So many people just need a purpose that removes them from their temptation.
Anyone has the right to choose. Quit trying to police everyone
@@beavinator420 I don't care if they throw gerbils up the butt, the problem is when drug addicts try to kill people when they steal and go crazy
Didnt they make meth legal to have and carry? Lol idiots
It's more then that we need to believe in ourselves and have some kind of a support system and I don't mean financially or letting is loaf off them but a group of folks that we can go to and talk to besides a paid counselor or aa/na
@@beavinator420 stop robbing others when doing the dope. Stop being a burden on the tac payers and yeah as a recovering addict I get to say that
This is crazy because I've been saying that the Tweakers around the city seem to be even worse than I've ever recalled. They are more violent yet more like zombies
These guys are more than success stories but living proof that anyone can beat addiction but to live with it in the same town that's alot of strength or sheer fear of dying to stay sober or maybe little of both, NEVER EVER go back to it!!💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I remember in the late 90's early 2000's, San Diego was full of this kind of Meth. It is bad, bad, bad. Makes you crazy
Is this a Meth Ad? Are you looking to have a bunch of drug addicts show up from out of town? Cheap and potent 🤦🏾♂️
How is it more potent if 20 last 10 minutes but the old stuff use to last 4 days?
I thought you only get psychosis from staying up more than 3 days in a row on this stuff? I don't buy the "almost immediately" part, as if the chemical composition has changed.
My only son died at 30 years old because of Meth.
Meth has already damaged teeth and nerves of users so just imagine how many people will be mentally and physically disabled and on Medicaid at 40
Yeah they wont be on Medicaid are you kidding the us goverment barely does anything for it's people
That won't be a problem; the NWO agenda states that millions of us won't even make it to 40. They aren't planning on paying for drug addicts.
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We have MILLIONS of addicts on SSI its nothing to be proud of,but you dont know what you are talking about.
All I can say with me having 17 years clean off of Meth, is that you have to love yourself enough and have put yourself through crap that you would never do if you were clean that makes you dislike who you are well you are using. I can honestly say that, that I would have been dead by now.
Great program. We need something similar in downtown Atlanta.
I've had psychosis from meth, it's crazy how real it is to the user.
Yeah bro I've never done meth but LSD addiction is real and I was addicted to LSD and singing on acid. When you start going into a different world you are actually there the mind can only say this is real people think "hallucinations" are not real but they are simply not in this reality. So it's real. I hate how people say you cannot get addicted to LSD.
I hate to bother you but can you go into detail?
@@johngumbs2111 well my psychosis was more spiritual than most others. I used a little different, instead of staying up a week stealing, I'd be up a week reading and learning different religious and occult beliefs. Was still crazy though, I'll try to keep as short as possible. But lasted about three years. Started with seeing a vision, just a flash. Then I did see a shadow being, not in the corner of my eye but I seen it at a distance and it walked toward me. Then later I had an extreme energy come over my body(wasn't high at this time), and something communicated with me. Didn't hear voices but there was a clear communication. It was about finding God. Then meth even fueled it more. About a year later around Christmas time I ended up knowing I was God. Seen it written in the air in front of me. Even hung myself thinking I was dying for the better of others. Almost felt like a test. Not long after that I became sober, maybe a few months. So mine felt like a spiritual awakening to me but others perceived at as psychosis. It's hard to explain how real it is.
My brother lost his f****** mind
@@psychoskate970 bro i had something similar happen very recently. It’s confusing
Open borders wont help the situation.
And when you start getting caught up in the meth world you see people experiencing meth psychosis or in general letting their addiction destroy lives and you tell yourself " oh , well that ain't gonna happen to me . I know how to check myself ." . Then one day you realize you're high , homeless with nothing . Your job , your family , your money , your dreams all went up your nose or vanished in a cloud of meth smoke . The lucky ones , like me, have that moment of clarity and you say no more and then begin the process of getting your life together .
Five years now since I found myself living in an R.V. and coming down and seeing how badly I'd fucked up my life . I was lucky , I got be in a safe place away from any temptation to use , I got my head clear and starting rebuilding my life . It hasn't been easy and but I think of giving up I remember how far I've come since then . Life is better now .
Great job guys. Every day, keep it going good.
Thank you for making this story. It's been hard to watch the morale of the city degrade and feel the need to pit blame but here you have three guys who made it out. I wish them well and I hope their good will spreads to others.
So sad to see this in the pnw we have had this shit in Texas for a while sober myself 6 months the bug can bite anybody. One love yall.
Its sad to see so many people and communities as a whole get stuck in this quick sand called addiction. They lose everything...most detrimental...they lose hope. I hope they all find themselves again.
that's deep yo.
No, it's great.....it eliminates losers and degenerates.....they can put the cheapest best drugs on the table in front of me, and I'd laugh and get back to my book.....the more meth the better...
You make a good point
My question is specifically who sells it? ....so I know who to avoid...
They're not sick they just like drugs. It is what they want. Them carrying on this victim act and you feeling sorry for them doesn't help at all.
I'm a former addict. Myy girlfriend is from Mexico when I was still addiction I came across this crap in mexico I was arrested twice in the middle of Mexico for a total of 19 days. The paranoia is absolutely insane I was ready to die for protecting myself
Audible hallucinations when you hear things that are not being said is very common and very dangerous
Legalize and regulate. The war on drugs is a year on humanity. Prohibition hasn’t worked
It's not that it's just stronger meth, it really isn't. The best clear I was getting back in '06 was WAY better than the clear best clear of '21. Everyone was making meth with ephedrine or pseudoephedrine and that shit was so fire near the end. Then the law came down hard on purchasing ephedrine and pseudo and that was the end of an era. So nearly every manufacturer out has switched production to the much easier to access and cheaper to buy chemicals. The new P2P method for methamphetamine manufacturing using methylamine had been used by the Hell's Angels bike gang in the 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's. Only never before to produce crystal meth. However, now this is exactly what the big cartels are doing. And the chemicals used in this process, even the tiniest traces, unlike with ephedrine will cause a host of nasty side effects. Like psychosis, paranoia, and schizophrenia-like symptoms. Now the streets are flooded with this shit, it's cheaper to produce. Yet it's causing symptoms to appear in a matter of months that took years to appear on the old meth.
So true.
Well said
Yeah that stuff ain't no joke. At any rate good job fellas. It's nice to see others like myself.
i grew up in america and could never understand the drug culture here. Living in a medicated dream state 24/7 would be a nightmare in hell for me.
Many people seek a medicated dream state due to trauma
I tried meth once and that stuff is not addictive. It just makes you anxious, jittery and where you can't go to sleep. I will never try it again. I never got any euphoria from it, just pure anxiety.
Hate to break it to you....but no substance is addictive after just one or 2 uses. Now if you were to use it for 2 weeks straight, you may become addicted
Cause it’s a simple fact, it is addictive. It changes your brain chemistry, releases dopamine to such an extreme level that you brain becomes dependant on that release in order to feel “good”
Wow I guess your opinion is all the evidence you need. Im sure you are much more informed than all the medical professionals that call meth a VERY addictive drug.
@@zoggrog8823 I didn't say that. I know it's addictive for a lot of people. I just don't have an addictive personality
@@zoggrog8823 Most drugs have the opposite effect on me. I don't even like Marijuana. The only drug I tried that I liked was shrooms.
Damn that Meth is so strong they are hearing people's thoughts.
Ya ya that must be it
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I thought they were hearing the demons waiting for their soul to leave their body so the evil spirits can take over.
I work in skid row Los Angeles and I said this years ago once they try it they loose their mind
I've been sober for 7 months now and i got started on P2 back in 2014 then in 2016 it switched up to this crappy meth that was mixed with fent.
We're only hearing of it now but it's been here a decade these reporter's are at the top of their game.
You know what gets me really high? Being Happy & Healthy...that's my high.
Good for those 3 men gettin clean!
Here in my country this shit has recently highly spread out, we lose young people even before they start to live
Congratulations Gentleman. Keep up the good work. Much love from Illinois.
It's a sad fact to face, but prohibition doesn't teach you how to get sober. You have to be free to find out for yourself. Otherwise addiction will eventually find you unprepared.
Absolutely. Prohibition just makes drugs more edgy and attractive, and keeps a percentage of people on the margins of society.
@@brittaolson6550 also more unpredictable and deadly. If health was a concern prohibition would apply smoking. If public safety was, it would be alcohol before drugs. I don't know why they wanna fight the same battle again and again.
@@mozarth brilliantly conveyed.
@@tripplefives1402 That's a strange thing to say about oxygen.
Portland Leading the way!
Congratulations!
We had a few people in housing authority apartments yelling and fighting with absolutely no one and everyone kept saying their on meth eventually they were evicted from our apartment complex it's a community type complex and it's was pretty good and nice here and then 10 months ago thats when the office/ housing authority put new tenants in that weren't actually a good fit here because of street drug use and the whole addiction behavior problems but the housing authority has been working on getting rid of that bad crowd and actually moved in some better tenants last month that seem to be a good fit for our housing authority community apartment complex decision the housing authority makes in the office sometimes and almost always effects the whole community apartment complex safety and safety of all the tenants and were all the way in Fayetteville Arkansas
Thank you guy's for your testimonies other people need to hear our success of escaping our addiction prison!!! I've found serenity through celebrate recovery and will be clean 6 years April.
Lots of homeless tweekers here in San Diego. They are everywhere literally come out of the bushes. Basically the whole state is flooded with meth. I heard the garbage goes for like $200 a ounce down here by the border. Super cheap and strong. Scary
@@michaelmarin5143 $1200+ for a gram in Aus. 150-200 a p
Maybe, but also lots of people who don't use drugs but get lumped in with them automatically because of poverty and mental illness. Never assume you know one until it's proven.
@@dcwhite8889 Yeah Australias drug prices are unreal.
@Timothy Ellis I picked up a pretty serious heroin habit in Denver. Lots of Hondurans there. As well as Mexicans. It's fairly close to the border so you'll see prices like that. That's super cheap though gd.
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$1200 For a gram that can’t be right I’m in the wrong business