Adult ADD Strengths

Check out Part One and Part Two of the Crystal Meth Series of posts.

For those that might think that Meth is just another drug, here’s some evidence to the contrary and some mulitpart articles on Meth from different popular media stories. This is why the ADD Meth connection is so important to deal with, the consequences of ignorance can be devastating.

Here are some Faces of Meth. First, Theresa Baxter, before using Meth

Here’s Theresa after 3 years and 5 months later after using Meth.

The Oregon Live has a photo gallery with more here. Here’ a video clip that tells the story behind the faces of Meth. Here’s their Five-Part Series Unnecessary Epidemic.

Here’s an award winning series of articles on Meth in Kitsap county in the state of Washington. Unfortunately no mention of ADHD.

One of our local papers the Vancouver Province did a weeklong series on Meth, very interesting articles, gives many viewpoints, but no mention of ADHD.

Here’s one article from that series, which discusses the impact of Meth on a user.

Dr. Bill MacEwan, a psychiatrist who heads up the University of B.C.’s Schizophrenia program, and the Psychosis program at St. Paul’s hospital says Meth is more addictive than cocaine and more psychologically damaging than heroin. Meth has been even known to induce schizophrenia.

“After extended use, the brain actually begins to require the drug in order to release the dopamine. No drug, no pleasure. Then there’s the intense craving for more, brain cell death, paranoia, hallucinations and psychosis…the cognitive impairment as a result of fried brain circuitry can last a lifetime”

“The flipside is that after extended use, the brain actually begins to require the drug in order to release the dopamine. No drug, no pleasure. Then there’s the intense craving for more, brain cell death, paranoia, hallucinations and psychosis.”

There’s an 18-minute video, Death By Jib, that interviews Meth addicts and their stories, pretty raw, designed to be shown in schools.
To buy a copy, call 1-800-263-6910, or go to Kinetic Video.