Reply #71: I did research on meth when I was working on a novel.

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Also when researching the OKC bombing trying to find T. McVeigh's inspiration. My brother raised the child of a meth head from the time his mother got hooked (the kid was a young teen at the time) until she died from her addiction just after her child graduated college. Even the legendary maternal instinct is overridden by the bio-chemical change you mention. My elderly relatives have lost their life savings by supporting multiple revolving door rehabs for their addicted daughter. The effects are permanent and devastating. I did not run across the fact that it was developed by the military. Our military? Did our tax dollars pay for this swill? To what purpose, I wonder? I guess it would make soldiers who would feel bulletproof and insure that they would re-enlist in order to keep a steady supply. It is the perfect substance to ruin a person completely in a short time and never allow them to recover.