Comments on: The Grapes of Meth http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:05:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: MO http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/comment-page-1/#comment-91936 MO Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:36:30 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/#comment-91936 Um...crack. We're all set trying to recover from CRACK. Um...crack.
We're all set trying to recover from CRACK.

]]> By: LeeLee http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/comment-page-1/#comment-84286 LeeLee Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:06:34 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/#comment-84286 Jeez, where have you been? Don't fool yourself. Meth is every where . . . including D.C. Jeez, where have you been? Don't fool yourself. Meth is every where . . . including D.C.

]]> By: EdTheRed http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/comment-page-1/#comment-83980 EdTheRed Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:05:35 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/#comment-83980 There's a war going down in the middle western states. The kevlar vests against the crystal flakes. There's a war going down in the middle western states. The kevlar vests against the crystal flakes.

]]> By: Adams Morgan http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/comment-page-1/#comment-83954 Adams Morgan Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:45:56 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/#comment-83954 While easy to cook (if you can bake cookies, you can cook meth), meth is difficult to cook up in urban settings like the District because frankly it smells worse than cat pee and in apartments and rowhouses, people are going to start to notice that pretty quickly. That's one of the reasons there aren't as many meth problems in more urban areas (not saying that there aren't any, but...). Still doesn't mean there isn't a problem with here with already processed meth which is being brought in from Mexico. While easy to cook (if you can bake cookies, you can cook meth), meth is difficult to cook up in urban settings like the District because frankly it smells worse than cat pee and in apartments and rowhouses, people are going to start to notice that pretty quickly. That's one of the reasons there aren't as many meth problems in more urban areas (not saying that there aren't any, but...). Still doesn't mean there isn't a problem with here with already processed meth which is being brought in from Mexico.

]]> By: Arthur Delaney http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/comment-page-1/#comment-83943 Arthur Delaney Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:26:33 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/#comment-83943 The D.C. Crystal Meth Working Group collected data from 1,109 D.C. area residents this year. On Nov. 29 it announced its findings: Only 8 percent of survey respondents had ever used meth. The D.C. Crystal Meth Working Group collected data from 1,109 D.C. area residents this year. On Nov. 29 it announced its findings: Only 8 percent of survey respondents had ever used meth.

]]> By: jeff http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/comment-page-1/#comment-83928 jeff Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:46:51 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/12/20/the-grapes-of-meth/#comment-83928 California is where meth started and it is way more common on the west coast than it is here. I was in northern CA for Thanksgiving and I definitely felt at times like I was the only person around not totally wasted on it. There was an interesting (but very long) article in Rolling Stone about meth and the war on drugs recently, it's here: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugs California is where meth started and it is way more common on the west coast than it is here. I was in northern CA for Thanksgiving and I definitely felt at times like I was the only person around not totally wasted on it. There was an interesting (but very long) article in Rolling Stone about meth and the war on drugs recently, it's here:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugs

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