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 National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG 
#6107882 - 09/27/06 05:51 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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http://www.realitytvwebsite.com/news092706.html
National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL CORRESPONDENT LISA LING uncovers the madness of METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG
EXPLORER Episode Reveals the Factors Behind a Growing Epidemic Spreading from America′s Small Towns to Big Cities
Methamphetamine - or "meth"; for short - is considered one of the hardest addictions to quit. Across the United States, its abuse is ravaging rural communities and cities alike and spreading its tentacles to major metropolitan areas and around the globe. What makes this drug so powerful, addictive and destructive? National Geographic Channel correspondent Lisa Ling examines this epidemic to expose why many are calling meth the World′s Most Dangerous Drug.
Premiering Wednesday, October 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, EXPLORER: WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG tracks the grimy and graphic world of meth from the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest and overseas to Thailand. Explorer tackles the story from the inside, riding along with specialized law enforcement agents and exposing the gritty world of traffickers and addicts. See the faces of real meth users, where before-and-after pictures alone tell a stunning story of the drug′s punishing physical effects. The program also follows the drug′s powerful impact on the human brain to reveal the science behind meth′s intense addictive powers and destructive physiological effects.
Meth can easily be manufactured in hidden labs using store-bought materials. Ling and the crew from Explorer expose the devastating impact of these labs dotting neighborhoods and shed light on the science behind the drug and why its addictive hold is so insidious. "It was eye-opening to see the damage first-hand that meth has caused to real people in so many different areas," commented Lisa Ling. "This drug is more powerful and cheaper than cocaine, which is why I wanted to raise awareness of this growing epidemic."
Reporting from the elusive inner circles of meth users, Lisa Ling goes behind bars for candid interviews with addicts and shows the devastating physical and emotional side effects of the drug. As many as 92 percent of users relapse, so many of these meth addicts are in and out of jail numerous times. Correspondent Lisa Ling and the Explorer cameras also accompany undercover police detectives for drug busts on the streets of Portland, OR.
EXPLORER: WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG also showcases several "faces of meth," including a young couple from Nebraska who died from exposure to prolonged below-freezing temperatures during a winter storm while high on meth. Tragically, they were found in an easily reachable location, and the recordings of their 911 call reveal that it was their meth-induced paranoia and disorientation that resulted in four agonizing hours filled with fatal missteps. Also profiled is a former addict from Oregon who shares his story of a 20-year downward spiral caused by meth and provides a guided tour of his hometown meth labs and locations where he abused the drug.
EXPLORER: WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG traces the evolution of the drug, beginning with its World War II origins; it is said to have been used by Japanese kamikaze pilots on suicide missions. The show explains how its popularity grew in America with the aid of the biker group Hell′s Angels, who gave it the nickname "crank" because they smuggled it inside the crankcases of their motorcycles.
The drug′s recent, and perhaps most alarming, evolution exploded onto the scene when new cold and allergy medications such as Sudafed hit the market, providing the base ingredients for a homemade version of meth. Now more accessible and less expensive than ever before, meth has metastasized through a web of rural communities and small towns where it can easily be manufactured. And in areas where law enforcement has been able to crack down on homemade production, a new source for the deadly drug has emerged: Mexico. Mexican meth suppliers have stepped up production, smuggling the drug into the United States via the same routes established by the cocaine cartel.
The meth crisis is also becoming a worldwide problem that is spreading its poison across international borders. Explorer travels to the back alleys of Bangkok, Thailand, where a pill form laced with caffeine called "ya-ba" has become a way of life for workers juggling multiple jobs and excruciating hours to survive in Thailand′s go-go economy.
It′s a drug that has circled the globe, leaving devastating marks on communities across America and nations around the world. Governments have admitted that it is a crisisÑone that is now becoming a critical problem in eastern cities like Miami, Baltimore and New York. It is a burgeoning epidemic that is hidden in our midst, truly living up to its reputation as the World′s Most Dangerous Drug.
EXPLORER: WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG is produced for the National Geographic Channel (NGC) by National Geographic Television & Film (NGT&F). For World′s Most Dangerous Drug, producer is David Murdock and editor is Andrea Barrick. For NGC, executive producer is Kathleen Cromley; senior vice president of special programming is Michael Cascio and executive-in-charge of production is John Ford.
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: Wronguy]
#6108030 - 09/27/06 06:40 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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They are wasting time, meth isn't a problem. They need to spent millions more on stopping real drugs like cannabis and mushrooms.
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: oso]
#6108142 - 09/27/06 07:15 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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I wish that the government would just take the wake up calls already...
Meth addiction is a disease, not a civil disobedience... you can't shoot the meth addiction out of your stricken populous... the only way is to decriminalize meth and recognize it for the affliction it is. Let the people who become ill with disease receive treatment from a society with open arms. Our bullets and prisons just aren't going to help them...
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: ExplosiveMango]
#6108519 - 09/27/06 08:38 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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i was watchin cops today and was just pissed how they were sendin heroin addicts to jail....they should send them to treatment, its a mental affliction
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: apfrommsp]
#6108954 - 09/27/06 10:21 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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heroin is a physical addiction...
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLDŒS MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: ShroominFL]
#6109067 - 09/27/06 10:55 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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prison help meth addicts and other addicts by forcing them clean, many people who are arrested actually THANK the cops saying its what they needed.
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLDŒS MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: I2ancid]
#6109385 - 09/28/06 12:32 AM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you think that prison helps addicts you haven't been paying attention. Treatment is always a better option. I'm not sure anyone would ever thank the police for a rapsheet that prevents them from finding any employment worth a damn.
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLDŒS MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: FunnyFaces]
#6109540 - 09/28/06 01:06 AM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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prison may help the odd case here and there, but those are the strong willed and willing. In most cases treatment is the most viable option, though I've seen treatment fail more than I've seen it succeed. Including myself, I went to rehab at the age of 16 for cocaine addiction and still use. not as much as I did when I went, but I will still get cocaine if I have the money and someone says "hey I can get some blow".
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLDŒS MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: ThePeruvianTorch]
#6110191 - 09/28/06 07:33 AM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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heroin is both physically and mentally addicting...isnt meth physical addicting as well?
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLDŒS MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: I2ancid]
#6110589 - 09/28/06 11:10 AM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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> prison help meth addicts and other addicts by forcing them clean
*laugh* Are you being serious or sarcastic? Drugs such as meth are much more available in prison than out on the street. (I'm being serious.)
> many people who are arrested actually THANK the cops saying its what they needed
Yeah right... I don't know what reality your are living in, but it isn't the same one that I am living in...
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLDŒS MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: Seuss]
#6111683 - 09/28/06 04:09 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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My uncle cooks meth. Pretty much the only way he knows how to survive. As you could guess, he's absolutely insane with fabricated memories, bi-polar tendencies, paranoia, and schizophrenia. Always getting arrested for little shit like paraphenalia, criminal trespassing, assault on an officer, ect ect... Goes to jail, cries about how he'll straighten up. The day after he's bailed out he's in some new trailer cooking meth. Jail time doesn't work, but there's no way he'd allow treatement....... and I doubt it'd work. He's seriously got holes in his head. Has not only a different personality, but different memories of how is childhood went down.
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLDŒS MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: Edgekrusher]
#6111700 - 09/28/06 04:12 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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agreed.....jail does not treat addiction and allot of times makes it worse
ive seen countless associates and friends get locked up for anywhere from 10 days to 2 years.
the ones that are addicts when they go in are still addicts when they come out.......
without any real attempt at treatment, going back to their addict lifestyle is just so easy to do 
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLDŒS MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: Schwip]
#6112346 - 09/28/06 07:37 PM (6 years, 7 months ago) |
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I am kind of conflicted on this issue. My mom has been in and out of jail for years because of meth. This summer I bought her a plane ticket to come visit me. Shes actually been clean for the longest time since I was born (she actually told me "You are a mushroom baby, not a crack baby" which was funny). The only reason she did this was because she was on probation, and if she failed a test she wouldn't be able to see me. It is a scenario out of the ordinary, but it did help her kick it (for now).
I still feel that jail isnt the right answer... I think.
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 Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: Wronguy]
#7184129 - 07/16/07 06:54 PM (5 years, 10 months ago) |
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Jail time never has been, and never will be a proper treatment for drug use. Although it may force someone to quit use of the drug for a period of time, they themselves have no DESIRE to quit, and will therefore be using the drug again as soon as they get a chance...
but either way, meth is shameful. I was at the bus stop the other day and this lady came up to me with the meth face (sunken eyes, sores etc.) and asked for 2 dollars for "the bus". When i told her i didnt have any money she flipped out... it was creeeeepy.
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: SaulGood]
#7189041 - 07/17/07 07:00 PM (5 years, 10 months ago) |
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jail time allows one to lose contact and trust with whatever scene theyre in which is providing the drugs to them... with no dealer, getting drugs can become more trouble than its worth and they realize they can be happy pursuing money making by starting a business to travel to peru to get coke for $5 a gram....
jail does help some people.. its reflection time... and no drugs arent more available in jail than the streets... its more available in PRISON... jails are for relatively short sentences such as a couple months...
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: Wronguy]
#7189742 - 07/17/07 09:42 PM (5 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think that you're the one that's lost contact.
All jail does is ostracize people and cause them to lose contact with anyone who might be willing to help them. After jail you have 50 times the criminal contacts you had when you went in. You make a ton of friends, the only downside is that they are all criminals, dealers, and addicts.
When you get out all your dealers are still there and you now know 20 more.
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: fastfred]
#13528484 - 11/23/10 09:54 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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If jailing meth addicts actually worked, then there would obviously be a reduction in the amount of meth addicts which there is not. The only thing that jailing a drug addict or even a drug user does is dig a deeper hole. It can in fact turn a drug user into a drug addict or make the drug addiction worse. When a drug addict gets out of jail, they are not any better than they were before in most cases. A criminal record is not going to help a drug addict find a job and get straight it's just going to drag them deeper and deeper in trouble. A criminal record is not going to help a drug user, such as someone who smokes pot and holds a well paying job with three kids at home that provides everything they need and more, it's going to tear that family apart and make that person unable to get a job at a quickie mart.
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Re: National Geographic Channel Explores METH - THE WORLD′S MOST DANGEROUS DRUG [Re: Wronguy]
#13528524 - 11/23/10 09:54 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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