If you've ever done Meth, you know...

i only tried meth once it makes you feel good like self confidence wise i could relate to this movie though

@timvansickel .......

Thank you for an enlightening post, it's six years later now and I still am having trouble deciphering your candid observation and the No-Doubt seemingly deep writings..However, on a personal note Is there a reason you mentioned the speed and opiates together? If you do.. or did use,.. was there a scientific approach?
Was the speed used to negate the affects of the opiate or the opiate to control the influence of the speed, this is important, I don't think many abuser's recognize the differences or the need. And Again I offer my thanks to a well documented post such as it is. The comparisons are generally on target as is the attitude. Sorry to read that this movie caused the typical flashback inciting the need to feed your never conquered dope abuse. You are correct in posting the "have a good time with it all", idea. Most would never acknowledge their continued addiction and daily battle to avoid the "need to compensate" for their low self esteem or/and loss of control at the drop of straw. Anyhow thanks and good luck, b.t.w. have you heard anything about those hustlers selling condoms at the concert for $100.00 per?

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Spun, Requiem... I'm looking for drug movies. Any other options?

They don't end "pessimisticly", they end with reality. clearly you don't get that, so you shouldn't even comment.

you say this movie was nothing like your experiance.Thats because you were a weeken user,these people were hardcore everyday addicts..Theres a big difference you muppet.

Maybe in your own little world the majority of meth users are just a bunch of bored, party-going yuppies simply experimenting with the drug. In my experience, most yuppies I've seen stick to coke or weed. Meth is the cheap *beep* for the homebums who have nothing to live for. I've never met or heard of a rich crack-addict, and if you honestly think that drug users as they're portrayed in the film are an 'extreme minority', perhaps you haven't seen meth culture as it truly is. Maybe it's different where you live, but here in the States, meth is most commonly associated with hobos and hookers, either living on the streets or in cheap, filthy excuses for apartments in the middle of the city. Meth labs are generally situated in said apartments, or in trashy, decrepit houses in the nastier sections of the suburbs. That's meth culture as I've seen it.

Meth use is out of control in a very large portion of our country, especially out west (California and Arizona).

In the NYC area, there is not a lot of meth, fortunately, but that is because the cocaine cartels are keeping it out.

Also, because the New York Metropolitan area is so densely populated, meth labs would be discovered quickly because of their foul stench.

I've known meth users from out West and they're horrifying. They're all scabby and missing teeth by the age of 21.

It would be a good thing indeed if the USA's meth users could just be weekend warriors like folks in Australia.

Cheers...

Well that is because this movie isn't about the average meth user, its about the average meth addict. The characters in the film aren't recreational users they are addicts. Now you are completely right the average drug user can dabble in a bit and maintain control. However this movie is meant to show what spiralling out of control and *beep* can do to you. I think everyone with an IQ higher than 75 can figure out that addicts are the minority of drug users as well where I live most of us have messed around with drugs a few times. But seriously this does show how sick and depraved addicts are. I've never personally done meth but I've seen a couple of friends become exactly what this movie portrayed. And I know that this movie is disgustingly realistic to what happens when drugs start to control your life.

Comparing meth to ecstasy is plain dumb, dummie.

Alcohol is affecting far more lives negatively but meth and also cocaine are generally considered by experts to be far more addictive. Even for alcoholics that need to keep drinking because they're physically dependent, its the psychological addiction that's the main problem. Writing "alcohol withdrawals can be fatal" is misleading. Almost all deaths during delirium tremens are from heart failure that wouldn't have occurred if the body had not been so malnourished by the preceding months or years of neglect.