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August 10, 2005

Zombies got nothing ...

Meth user brain... when it comes to EATING BRAINS like some drugs do. PET scans show meth use makes literal holes in the brain.

So color me a little shocked when I read, via Jeff Harrell that the NYTimes columnist John Tierny decides, well ... meth

was never as dangerous as alcohol in the first place
Whaa....? This is obviously a man who has never seen tweakers up close and personal. The mind boggles reading how John feels all the problems associated with meth are ones of regulation. It's the cops fault!

I'll admit, right here and now, I had a similar libertarian attitude towards drugs. But that was in the 70's, when I was young and naive about drugs, addiction and the effects on family and community.

What's Tierney's excuse?

UPDATE Mark Kleiman slices, dices and charbroils Tierney with the aplomb of an Iron Chef. (h/t Jeff Goldstein)

Posted by Darleen at August 10, 2005 12:29 PM

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