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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41787410
By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor msnbc.com contributor
With disturbing before and after photos of drug users’ faces, a new anti-drug campaign may succeed where others have failed, grabbing teens’ attentions by appealing to their vanity.
The pairs of mug shots, which graphically display the damage drugs can do to the face, were collected by the sheriff’s office in Multnomah County, Ore.
Faces that were normal — even attractive — in initial photos, shot when addicts were first arrested, metamorphose over years, and sometimes just months, into gaunt, pitted, even toothless wrecks.
..The photos are part of a 48-minute documentary called “From Drugs to Mugs,” created by Deputy Bret King. King hopes that the documentary, which is available on a DVD along with a CD of mug shots, will help scare kids straight by showing them concrete evidence of damage that can occur within months from using meth, heroin or cocaine.
“The thinking is that this will give kids a tangible image of what can happen if they get involved in using hard drugs,” King says. “We did want to appeal to their sense of vanity.”
King understands the power of that teen vanity. “I remember in high school you had to have the right clothes, the right shoes, the right look,” he says.
Perhaps the most stunning feature of the photos is how quickly the face is damaged.
That speed isn’t surprising to addiction experts.
Meth, for example, can cause small blood vessels around the face to constrict, says A. Thomas McLellan, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Solutions at the University of Pennsylvania.
“So consequently, the gums shrink as they do in old age,” says McLellan, also former deputy director of the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy. “The teeth that remain can become discolored and black.”
Hard-partying wrecks your looks. So what's up with Charlie Sheen?
Both meth and heroin are often cut with sugar, McLellan explains. “And you get acne from oily or sweet things, so if you’re injecting the sugar into your veins it’s even more direct,” he adds.
Other impurities can cause lumpy cysts on the face and other areas of the body, such as the armpits and groin, McLellan says.
The gaunt look on many of the addicts can be the result of poor nutrition and lack of sleep, says Dr. Larissa Mooney, an addiction psychiatrist and an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles.
As for the facial sores: Sometimes meth users will hallucinate and get the sensation that there are bugs crawling under their skin, Mooney says. Trying to get relief, they’ll sometimes pick at their skin until there are open sores.
Experts can’t say whether the program will work, but Mooney and McLellan are hopeful.
“The video is trying to tap into something that is important to young people,” Mooney says. “It’s less abstract than telling someone they’ll get lung cancer many years down the line. This is something you can actually see right now.”
McLellan agrees that the short time to facial devastation may have a big impact on kids. “Some of these photos show changes in less than six months,” he says. “This is the kind of time frame kids understand."
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copy and paste entire article with no commentary, joke or picture = FAIL
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Crazy what prohormones did to this lady :o
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copy and paste entire article with no commentary, joke or picture = FAIL
x2. ::)
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People can age pretty badly even without the drug abuse.
That said, this line reeks of bs to me:
Both meth and heroin are often cut with sugar, McLellan explains. “And you get acne from oily or sweet things, so if you’re injecting the sugar into your veins it’s even more direct,” he adds.
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That said, this line reeks of bs to me:
That's correct. Acne is an inflammatory reaction which has little to do with sugar, but more hormonal.
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This guy looks better ;)
(http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-03.grid-9x2.jpg)
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Just when you think your eyebrows can't get any worse, Meth comes along and proves you wrong
(http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-19.grid-9x2.jpg)
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Who wouldn't turn to Meth with a Jaw like this
(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-14.grid-7x2.jpg)
Meth makes you go from looking Middle Eastern to looking like an Al Bundy American
(http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-02.grid-7x2.jpg)
Abuse of Meth can turn your already dark skin darker
(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-05.grid-7x2.jpg)
Meth can take that curl out of your hair
(http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-21.grid-9x2.jpg)
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Just when you think your eyebrows can't get any worse, Meth comes along and proves you wrong
;D
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Most of them look better after years of drug abuse
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meth for epic facial leans.
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i always wondered what happened to drkaje......PIP.....
(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-05.grid-7x2.jpg)
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This guy went from getting a full-cavity search every time he flew to trailer-park lothario....
(http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-21.grid-9x2.jpg)
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(http://www.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://x19.xanga.com/fd4f107a74332209751657/z163460791.jpg&sa=X&ei=NAdtTar-LYW6sQOllsSwBQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNHje09seoE8eGgeeewdPR-aFir_CA)
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Xerxes, get on the pipe now and grow that hair back.
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/360583/0_21_040708_meth.gif)
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epic leans tho.. :-\
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On a side note... do you think this meth dealer is enjoying prison?
(http://www.statejournal.com/images/060710032947_JesseHowes.jpg)
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On a side note... do you think this meth dealer is enjoying prison?
(http://www.statejournal.com/images/060710032947_JesseHowes.jpg)
I'd say prison is enjoying him.....
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meth for epic facial leans.
you beat me to it
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I'd say prison is enjoying him.....
;D Dude probably needs a pile-cushion just to sit down in the canteen..
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Xerxes, get on the pipe now and grow that hair back.
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/360583/0_21_040708_meth.gif)
this dude said "fuck it"
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this dude said "fuck it"
Evidently I need to get on some meth and get all my hair back.....
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This gentleman, looks way more distinguished after his bout with Meth..
(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-05.grid-7x2.jpg)
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lol some look indeed better after
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Better than Jenny Craig it seems...
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lol some look indeed better after
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meth is an interesting drug, seems to make one allergic to soap and water
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I wouldn't say they look better. They look older and withered away. Drugs will suck the life out of your face
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the last guy looks like a total different person
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Someone posted a pic a few days ago of a fat bitch that got way, way hotta.
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(http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/118626-meth_baby_yeah.jpg)
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(http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/118626-meth_baby_yeah.jpg)
Uh..yea..it weren't her!
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This gentleman, looks way more distinguished after his bout with Meth..
(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-05.grid-7x2.jpg)
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LMAO.. i busted out laughin when i read this
he does look like a statesmen from Ethopia or something
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yes meth did him good
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(http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/118626-meth_baby_yeah.jpg)
typical woman of medieval england
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I see Derek Anthony made it on there
(http://www.co.crow-wing.mn.us/sheriff/investigations/ladid1/images/Scabs_from_meth.jpg)
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apparently meth is good for precontest. Epic Facial leans and legendary tan.. with hair growth.. Muscle Tech is gonna bottle it and call it
METHO-TECH NITRO EXTREME. 13845% MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE LEADING FAT BURNER
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apparently meth is good for precontest. Epic Facial leans and legendary tan.. with hair growth.. Muscle is gonna bottle it and call it
METHO-TECH NITRO EXTREME. 13845% MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE LEADING FAT BURNER
at least that fatburner would actually work for once.
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apparently meth is good for precontest. Epic Facial leans and legendary tan.. with hair growth.. Muscle is gonna bottle it and call it
METHO-TECH NITRO EXTREME. 13845% MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE LEADING FAT BURNER
at least that fatburner would actually work for once.
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at least that fatburner would actually work for once.
yeah and everything else burner as well
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yeah and everything else burner as well
if you live for the sport..
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This guy went from getting a full-cavity search every time he flew to trailer-park lothario....
(http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-21.grid-9x2.jpg)
Thats not Tito24.
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lol In my area people tore back on meth are so common. These are everyday sightings, far from shocking.
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lol In my area people tore back on meth are so common. These are everyday sightings, far from shocking.
you must live in riverside or bakersfield
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Honestly how the fuk does meth do this to people?
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Honestly how the fuk does meth do this to people?
They stay up for days without eating
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maybe they dont like looking healthy
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Really very sad.....
Why oh why do people try meth????
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Thats not Tito24.
close but no cigar. dude on the left hasn't quite attained the perfect symmetry of Mars.
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Really very sad.....
Why oh why do people try meth????
Meth makes you smart 8)
When I was doing tons of meth I was soldering circuit boards onto crereal boxes and making guitars out of two by fours
You know, real important shit ;D
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(http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-02.grid-7x2.jpg)
Falcon shrugs made his traps explode
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Why isn't Swede's before/after pic of Falcon in this thread yet?
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Why isn't Swede's before/after pic of Falcon in this thread yet?
oh snap!
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Meth is worse than crack. Literally sucks the life out of you and turns you into a monster. And it doesn't take that long. Worst drug e>er...
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you must live in riverside or bakersfield
The "Inland Empire" is meth paradise.... :(
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Strong fucking poster and looking swole these days.. This was the Falcon's nadir:
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=227533.0;attach=266394;image)
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Would you skull fuck ...
... the eye socket?
(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-16.grid-9x2.jpg)
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41787410
By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor msnbc.com contributor
With disturbing before and after photos of drug users’ faces, a new anti-drug campaign may succeed where others have failed, grabbing teens’ attentions by appealing to their vanity.
The pairs of mug shots, which graphically display the damage drugs can do to the face, were collected by the sheriff’s office in Multnomah County, Ore.
Faces that were normal — even attractive — in initial photos, shot when addicts were first arrested, metamorphose over years, and sometimes just months, into gaunt, pitted, even toothless wrecks.
..The photos are part of a 48-minute documentary called “From Drugs to Mugs,” created by Deputy Bret King. King hopes that the documentary, which is available on a DVD along with a CD of mug shots, will help scare kids straight by showing them concrete evidence of damage that can occur within months from using meth, heroin or cocaine.
“The thinking is that this will give kids a tangible image of what can happen if they get involved in using hard drugs,” King says. “We did want to appeal to their sense of vanity.”
King understands the power of that teen vanity. “I remember in high school you had to have the right clothes, the right shoes, the right look,” he says.
Perhaps the most stunning feature of the photos is how quickly the face is damaged.
That speed isn’t surprising to addiction experts.
Meth, for example, can cause small blood vessels around the face to constrict, says A. Thomas McLellan, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Solutions at the University of Pennsylvania.
“So consequently, the gums shrink as they do in old age,” says McLellan, also former deputy director of the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy. “The teeth that remain can become discolored and black.”
Hard-partying wrecks your looks. So what's up with Charlie Sheen?
Both meth and heroin are often cut with sugar, McLellan explains. “And you get acne from oily or sweet things, so if you’re injecting the sugar into your veins it’s even more direct,” he adds.
Other impurities can cause lumpy cysts on the face and other areas of the body, such as the armpits and groin, McLellan says.
The gaunt look on many of the addicts can be the result of poor nutrition and lack of sleep, says Dr. Larissa Mooney, an addiction psychiatrist and an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles.
As for the facial sores: Sometimes meth users will hallucinate and get the sensation that there are bugs crawling under their skin, Mooney says. Trying to get relief, they’ll sometimes pick at their skin until there are open sores.
Experts can’t say whether the program will work, but Mooney and McLellan are hopeful.
“The video is trying to tap into something that is important to young people,” Mooney says. “It’s less abstract than telling someone they’ll get lung cancer many years down the line. This is something you can actually see right now.”
McLellan agrees that the short time to facial devastation may have a big impact on kids. “Some of these photos show changes in less than six months,” he says. “This is the kind of time frame kids understand."
Why would you post this shit without pictures?
CLearedILS. You are a failure. A little bitch. And a fucking punk.
Tell your girlfriend to give me a call and i'll show her what it's like to get fucked by a real man.
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Would you skull fuck ...
... the eye socket?
(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-16.grid-9x2.jpg)(http://www.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bpdWsOrotV0/TDCkD-DD1tI/AAAAAAAACx8/dtQpP-HFLKk/s1600/popeye%2Bthe%2Bsailor%2B3.jpg&sa=X&ei=P2lwTaGXAYG6sAOWnfC_Cw&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNHZruGYOGeJ6wV8s1waKwvcl_fVeQ)
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Would you skull fuck ...
... the eye socket?
(http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110225-drugs-mugs/ss-110225-drugs-mugs-16.grid-9x2.jpg)
You know she doesn't really look any worse. Just different ;D
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Strong fucking poster and looking swole these days.. This was the Falcon's nadir:
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=227533.0;attach=266394;image)
Felass, this is olive oil abuse.
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BEFORE
(http://www.bodybuilding-pics.com/161/images/Tom_Prince_43.jpg)
AFTER
(http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/c/f/cf3cd-tom_prince_now.jpg)
This beats any of the above- Meth is nothing compared with gh15 protocols
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And Advil addiction of course