Ah.....poor druggies. No one understands them. What they need are hugs, kisses and sympathy. Meth Junkies turn into garbage and become useless members of society. Soon coming to a neighbor near you, in which case it's important to know who they are.

"Meth Junkies turn into garbage and become useless members of society."

Amazing how ignorant some people can be.

People who are critical, arrogant, and aloof about meth in America are in for a rude awakening. The drug cartel worldwide is committed to making sure that they bring in the money they want to support their insane lifestyles, while killing innocents as well as young people who are disadvantaged in many ways, not always financial. Driving under the influence of meth, pot, crack, etc. is killing huge numbers of Americans every month. For the first time in history, many states death rates associated with illegal drugs alone will outnumber the top three leading causes of death combined. This figure does not include vehicular homicide, burn victims which are many times little ones, murder and crime related death which are directly linked to illegal substance abuse.

So for anyone who wants to show no mercy to the user, especially the many who are winning the battle over drug abuse (and those committed to their success).....shame on you. You are as much a part of the problem as the drug dealer. I can promise you the wolf is at the door. Extremely large numbers of users in America get started because they are unhealthy to begin with or need energy to work to support their families. The bottom line is not how they get started, but who supplies the filth in the first place and who allows it to continue flowing into our communities in torrents.

The average citizen must become educated and activist oriented to stop this unholy war against our country and world. Illegal drug business is a danger to our soldiers in all areas including the middle east, our relationships with every country in the world, and is responsible for epidemic death numbers within our own borders. It is already killing more Americans 18-54 years old than any other type of death. The sickest bit of trivia about the whole mess is that this business is fueled for the love of money, greed, and the total disregard of decency at any level.

Mercy to every single person who has lost a child, parent, sibling, friend or coworker to drug death. If you would like to email me about your loss, I would be honored to respond.

Thank you to the army of great folks working in law enforcement, rehab, referral, counseling, medicine, research, and guidance. Meth can be stopped in this country and around the world. I have seen it with my own eyes and heart.

God bless the DEA, FBI, Border Patrol, our fire and police departments, and our national guard who know this monster all too well. Valiant American Indians have stood up against these slimy snakes in the West to save the lives of their few remaining relatives....many times with no help at all.

If my government needs to tap my phone or read my mail, I am all for it. I have stood over the dead one too many times to know that there are things way more important than my arrogance or self importance.

Sharon

This seems way too harsh on ordinary meth users. A drug user can change, and clean up. The list is going too far.
It would be better if the online DB only consists of only people caught with a meth lab, or large quanities.

I can see registering the names of meth manufacturer's and dealers but not the people busted for use. It's a slippery slope, next thing you know my name will be on a website for drinking a six pack last night.

Ever met a junkie who wasn't kicking the habit a day at a time?

Why can't we register the disenters to the registry and publish their addresses so the junkies can tell who their friends are.

Maybe their friends can let them move in next door? Nothing like a crackhead to watch your house while your away at work... to quote a commercial..."What's in Your Wallet?"

Meth addict need help not someone who puts them down...because they didnot just decide to become an addict over night ... it starts long befor they start....for thoes who don't know about it try going to sone meetings and findout befor you judge anyone...I am an addict and was for 25 years,now I have been clean for 7years and yes I have to admit that it was and is hard to stay that way sometimes..
And yes thank the rehab workers and those that referr these addicts..
But to put the names in a DB that seems like way too much info for me ... Gee they can't seem to keep track of the sex offenders and thoes that molest our children. how really are they going to keep track of a DB for meth users. Now that is what they really need to do. huh

Alfred E Neuman:

Good post....realistic view.

What positive purpose does this serve?

The argument can be made that sex offenders are a continuing danger. Albeit, lists of sex offenders protect nobody and incarceration of the sex offender absolutely prevents re-offense -- we simply are too lazy to up the jail time.

Convicted drug users are self-mutilators who can, and do, benefit from treatment and time (look at the EU - most drug users end their use by the age of 40).

Once they have served their sentence - their debt is paid. They are intrinsically a greater danger to themselves than they are to the community. Indeed, this practice will prevent many from recovering because the registry will allow property owners to refuse to rent or lease to these people, forcing them back into their old neighborhoods and exposing them again to the influences that lead them into substance abuse.

This flawed policy merely creates a disincentive to recovery for substance users and will serve to increase the total number of active substance users through the creation and perpetuation of the drug ghetto for past offenders. It will do nothing to deter current users and it fails to affect the users who have never been caught. The high-functioning substance abuser continues and the ones that have been tripped up by their addiction will face a lifetime penalty.

The wizards behind this policy need more help than the addicts.

As long as this registry is aimed at the manufacturers and traffickers it's well placed. I suspect that users will be soon targetted however. That's the real shame ... after all these years of failed drug policy the better-than-thou religious right that currently have a stranglehold on US policy haven't gained any insights into how to combat drug abuse. Alot could be learned by examining the policies the Dutch have implemented. We all know this won't happen. The last drug czar to visit the Netherlands (Barry McCafree) decided to take it upon himself to excoriate the Dutch Parliment on their "failed drug policy." Now that's truly the pot calling the kettle black!

American ingenuity used to be the proud tradition of this fine nation, it makes me very sad to know that a majority of the world community now reviles us because of what has replaced it - American Hubris. Maybe one day we'll wake up!

Meth is a sickness and anyone on it needs help getting off it. if it means spending time in prison or in a hospital. The people that gets on meth is not as bad as you think. If you think they are just wait till it hits home for some of you who wants to dog druggies because it will hit home if it hasn't already..IT'S A SICKNESS AND THERE IS A CURE...GET HELP.

Meth is an epidemic! If its not in your town, it soon will be. poor, middle class, rich it does NOT discriminate. To expose the dealers and makers I'm all for a registry, but for the user that gets caught up in the drug-- rehab and counseling services availability is the start to a cure. Our law enforcement already know far too well the lifestyle of a meth addict. Where there is meth, there is criminal activity!

That is by far the dumbest idea i have heard of. Where is the crack registry or herion registry or how bout the i just robbed your house registry. Its not going to solve the problem if anything its going to add to the problem. Who puts these stupid people in charge.....It sure aint me.......keep it real....get these people out of power......

This is harsh because although I have only done meth twice it is a hard thing to say no to. Yes its bad but should we really be punishing those who have addiction in their genes? The answer is no. I am an addict and always will be not by choice but by birth, give addicts a break even thopse who still use wont deny that they want to quit and dont really like drugs....get a grip. Start punishing the real offenders here, the murderers and rapists not the innocent addicts. I am ashamed

I personally wish they would find a better use for the time and effort for the advertisement of meth addicts. If they want to help with the meth situation help the true victims also.....not just the addicts.....especially the children....I happen to be an ex-wife of a terrible meth addict. It has not only been a terrible journey for my ex-husband,who is the addict, but also for me and the girls...It is truly unfair to those of us that haven't used and choose not to use and think more of ourselves than to resort to this kind of behavior. And to be able to leave and establish yourself somewhere else because of such devastating circumstances that the addict has forced you into is a complicated mess to say the lest. The nonusers need a great deal of help in coping with the addict and in cases like mine, having to leave a violent situation and start your life all over again somewhere fresh.....it has really been hard, and my ex refuses any type of help, he likes his so called life....where was our choices?