[quote=FlyerInHi]Meth scourge in conservative country? Gasp!
I guess wholesome upbringing/education was for naught. They themselves would say the results are for their failure to properly teach their kids. Maybe some screwed up culture….[/quote]That “screwed up culture” was homegrown right here in SD County, FIH. A lot of these OK rural families have both parents working far away from home as well as running a farm, which is a 12-14 hr per day job. This no doubt left their “susceptible” kids swinging in the wind after school.
SD’s kids (and adults) who fell prey to our local “meth scourge” initially started out with a “wholesome upbringing/education” as well … that is …. until they didn’t. Much like heroin, all it takes is once or twice to become forever addicted. Like heroin, meth addiction is a very ugly and debilitating disease which is extremely hard to kick. In addition, the physical and mental after-effects of meth addiction are horrible …. and can re-occur decades after getting clean. I know cuz I was working in the “system” when all this went down out in the east county. I remember all of it like it was yesterday.
