for life. And most of the abusers use a lot of it and try to manufacture it while on meth thus leading to many explosions.

For a lot of people, alcohol can be great, for the duration of the buzz. If you don't overdo it, not too much issue the next day, either.

But if you're an alcoholic, it's a far different story.

I suspect the public view of meth is what it can do to an addict. Not what it does for someone who can manage proper dosing without overdoing it.

I think any individual can potentially react differently to different drugs. For myself, it's a damn good thing that opiates are hard to get and I haven't crossed the line to get them illegally. But booze, no particular issue for me. For someone I used to know, booze was a death sentence.

I guess the public sensibility leans towards caution. And that's probably a good thing.

Methamphetamine is amphetamine with an extra "methyl group" - CH3 - bonded to it in a process known as methylation. (All amphetamines carry at least one methyl group; meth has two.) The first thing your body will do to a methamphetamine molecule is demethylate it. Hence, about three seconds after you drop meth your body converts it into plain old amphetamine - exactly what Adderall is.

As to why the general public has such a radically different view of the drug...



Gee guys...ya think maybe meth made by soaking cold tablets in gasoline, battery acid and fertilizer in some guy's garage then consumed by someone who eats every three days whether he needs to or not might fuck your shit up a little worse than amphetamine that's been properly methylated over laboratory-grade catalysts and consumed by a well-fed, well-rested man?