This should be shown to high schoolers as part of an anti-drug campaign

The horror of Meth: Before-and-after pictures reveal shocking transformation in faces of users hooked on deadly drug

Warning, the pictures are very disturbing. One is burn victim as a result of cooking meth. Most are mug shots, but one looks to be a death photo.

I used to work with a woman who was a recovering meth addict. She had just a few teeth, and she told me her meth use was why. I didn't realise how much it could wear away at your body at the time. And then there's what it must do to your brain. As graphic as these photos are, I would show them to a teenaged kid of mine to show him or her what it does, and why it shouldn't be tried. It is so very addicting. It is rampant in our area, and lots of others. I've seen what it does to a small degree. But living that life, or having people close to you who are flushing their lives down the toilet over drugs, is another thing altogether, and I feel very bad for those caught up in it all. I've seen what 'just' pot use did to someone I care about, who thankfully got help and is doing well now. I'm so glad he never got into this. And I've seen young men, relatives by marriage, stealing from their own grandmother to get one more hit of whatever they're on. It's really a shame.

Outraged

Today's front page story of the Lexington Herald-Leader was quite horrible (the story will be accessible for 7 days). A 20- or 22-month-old boy (reports vary) drank drain cleaner that was being used to make methamphetamine from a coffee cup in his home. He died within the hour, being severely burned inside and out from the chemical. It was a horrible way for anyone to die, especially an innocent child. His father (19) and mother (only 14--she would have been about 12 when he was born) have been charged with murder, and four other people have been arrested on related drug charges.

There are so many things wrong with this story. First the child's death as a byproduct of drug manufacturing. Second, a child that young raising a child...her parents live across the road, but still...look what was going on there according to police.

For more, including video, see:

Parents Charged With Murder In Baby's Death

Family of toddler who ingested meth chemical claims father is not to blame