Narcotics Team Raids Meth Lab

[Pop]

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/NEWS01/70214011


A methamphetamine production operation near Petal was raided Tuesday evening and seven people were taken into custody,


This is a scourge that exist in all communities. Way to go to all of the SO's and the 12th Circuit Court Narcotics Enforcement Team :smt038 .

[nooskye]

:smt038 another one bites the dust!! :smt038 Way To Go Guys!! :smt038

[dollfus46]

Some find me a bit self righteous about this subject, but I particularly get a sense of justice when they find druggies dead from an over-dose.. It pleases me. My theory is that if all the druggies died from an over-dose, the pushers (the lowest of the low) would have no customers left to sell to and the problem is solved.

[big john]

I don't like paying for these peoples room and board for the next 30 years,I think,if an adult wants to take something,let em.If they want to drink drano,bottoms up baby,goodbye.
I think "the war on drugs" is BS,To me ,it's the most stupid idea ever,stop spending money on these people AND LET THEM KILL THEMSELVES!

[R1ZOOM]

I don't like paying for these peoples room and board for the next 30 years,I think,if an adult wants to take something,let em.If they want to drink drano,bottoms up baby,goodbye.
I think "the war on drugs" is BS,To me ,it's the most stupid idea ever,stop spending money on these people AND LET THEM KILL THEMSELVES!


The only problem with that John is the spreading of drug use to kids. Everyone says "those people who use drugs" when in fact those people weren't born as users. Someone introduced them to it and they got hooked. I'm sure you wouldn't want your kids cracked out all the time, or on meth, regardless of whether it was legal or not. It destroys the body and can be very lethal. Just look at somebody who has been on meth for a while. All legal aspects aside they are skinny as a rail, in poor health, and their teeth are usually all deteriorating and brown or broken off or have fallen out. Nobody wants to be like that, but they get hooked, whether it's legal or not. I tend to feel the same as Dollfus, and you can't always protect people from themselves. To me the primary purpose of the "war against drugs" is to protect those who haven't been exposed to drugs and those who need help getting off of them...not to just punish people for using. Jail doesn't help people...maybe temporarily, but it's not a cure to the drug problem. Rehabilitation and prevention is the key, and a big part of that is doing everything we can as law enforcement to stop the flow of drugs. Sure, it's a losing battle for the most part, but if locking up a few people will prevent someone's teen from having access to a potentially deadly addictive drug that will destroy their body then it's worth it. That one person arrested may be the person who would have supplied or introduced your child to meth, therefore preventing that interaction, and thus making it all worthwhile.

[Pop]

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a colorful and controversial character who has instituted severe policies at Phonex's Maricopa County, Maybe we could use some of his programs


He got nationwide attention when he established the Maricopa County tent city for inmates.
More than 2,000 prisoners live without smoking, coffee, pornographic magazines, movies and unrestricted television in all jails.
The eRumor says the meals cost less than 40 cents but the cost figure is actually less than 20 cents.
Arpaio has also instituted what he calls "Hard Knocks High", the only accredited high school in an American jail.
That, along with an anti-drug program, says Arpaio, has resulted in a high percentage of his inmates leaving jail without their addictions and few of them returning.



http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/miracopjail.htm

John I'm the same way about a person incarcerated should help defray the cost by working. Wasn't Parchman at one time the states biggest industries.

[big john]

well' you guys have changed my mind,I had no Idea the state made a big profit off of prisoners,if that's the case then hell yeah,lock em up,but as for as kids getting drugs,they can get any drug they want within a hour here in the burg,I did,growing up in the 70's and my teenage years in the 80's i could get whatever i wanted,which was pot ,only difference back then you had to go to the rich kids house,now it's everywhere,there have been quite a few drug dealers locked up since the 70's and it's a lot easyer to get now,so I don't see how anyone can say,locking people up keeps kids from getting drugs.I don't know the solution,but this one ain't workin.

[Pop]

John I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to say the state makes money from drug dealers (unless they confiscate cars, cash and homes used in the crime). I just feel that some one sitting their butt in prison should be productively working not sitting watching Oprah. Your right about it being every where it not just the flower child types anymore. The folks arrested in this bust had age ranges from 30 to 52!

[Conveyor Belt]

I say legalize all of it...

However, alcohol is legal, and we still have a small problem with moonshiners.
If we legalized drugs, you'd have problems, but at least we wouldn't have this huge underground market for drugs.

I think most addicts are stuck and are mostly non violent. I think most(some) drug dealers are only as violent as they have to be.

All I know is that if it was legal, you'd have 1000's of unemployed men with no means of supporting their children. I'd like to see them out of work, though.

It just seems so stupid to arrest the addict with a couple of rocks of crack for personal use. yes, you are forcing them into a program, which I think is good, but you're not stopping the problem. As long as people feel there is no hope to get out of the situation they are in, they're going to turn to drugs to cope, nicotine, alcohol or illicit drugs. I'm not sure how arresting everyone is going to help with that feeling of hopelessness.

[Conveyor Belt]

I've known some meth heads who weren't violent. I've known potheads who were. Now, I'm sure there's a percentage in there that probably lends the meth users to being more violent, but I think it depends on the person.

[Conveyor Belt]

O.K. The only time I ever seen a methhead not violent is when they were smoking marijuana.

Maybe it's just your line of work... my wife's accidentally employed one, and I knew people in high school that were. Granted I don't know that many, but I think it's possible to use any drug recreationally. I also think it's easy to get hooked if you're not careful with yourself.

[ynotme297]

someone hooked on drugs will do anything to get a fix. some will work for a while then go on a binge, others rob, steal, and kill to get it. big problem.

[Conveyor Belt]

someone hooked on drugs will do anything to get a fix. some will work for a while then go on a binge, others rob, steal, and kill to get it. big problem.

yeah, I just got through a few months ago with one who worked then went on a binge... if you're 40yo and looking for a job as a grillman, something's wrong with you... great worker, but he disappeared after a month... great guy, but he's got problems with substance abuse...

I think we can all agree that there are different levels to people and their addictions. Seeing as how there's a large population of drug users and not such a high rate of violent crime (not a correlatable(?) amount), then I'd think that the majority of addicts are non-violent. Now, we do have a large amount of crime like break ins, shoplifting, etc, but I'd consider these non-violent crimes. Doesn't make it right, though.

I don't know what the answer is, but I know we've been trying this current strategy for a while, and it's not working. If anything, I think drug use is increasing. I know pot use is definitley up, or at least more blatant. On any given night, I have 3-4 people rolling through smoking weed. Mornings always find the tobacco from inside a cigar and weed baggies on the parking lot and in the lanes.

Outside Target a few months ago, my wife's car was parked over 3-4 syringes with exposed needles. I used a bag to pick them up and dispose of them in a garbage can. Now that, I'd NEVER seen in Hattiesburg.

[politically incorrect]

Marijuana=non-violent
Meth=violence,meth will steal your f'ing soul

Marijuana=gateway drug to other, harder narcotics.
Marijuana=people behind the wheel of a car too impaired to drive and a danger to all of us.
Marijuana=apathy, fried brain, high school drop-out with no hope for good job.

Sorry, I just think we should keep locking 'em up. Everyone wants to ban cigarette smoking, but legalize grass. I don't get it.

By the way, I noticed most of those arrested were from Richton. Why are they in Petal? Aren't there enough meth labs in Perry County for everyone?

[big john]

I wonder if the meth was any good,I hate that stuff that turns your pipe black eeeeeeeeewwwwwwww!
These are more jokes no halo LOL

[Kitty]

Why are they in Petal? Aren't there enough meth labs in Perry County for everyone?

Maybe they thought "The Friendly City" meant they were welcome to bring their meth operation into Petal. :smt102

[Engelbert Humperdinck]

I don't care. If the govt tells me to arrest those who smoke the weed, then that's what i do. When the day comes they tell me to stop, that's what I do.

[SouthChic]

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/NEWS01/70214011



This is a scourge that exist in all communities. Way to go to all of the SO's and the 12th Circuit Court Narcotics Enforcement Team :smt038 .

Great job, guys! :smt038

[Engelbert Humperdinck]

I’m sure No halo’s been wondering where I’ve been during all this, but I’m here now, so stand back.

I’ve posted before about my more libertarian views on the govt. Other than the national defense and roads, I don’t want the govt in my business. BUT, I’ve seen the damage that drugs bring upon the nation, particularly this state. I’ve been the one to carry little ones killed by poison gases generated by daddy’s meth cook. I’ve had 20 year olds hug me, crying like babies telling me how glad they are that I sent them away, to get them away from a life where they traded their bodies for cocaine. Marijuana IS a gateway drug. You’re always chasing the dragon, you’re always looking for the greater high. Kids start with liquor from their parents bar, then someone’s got a bag of weed. Then, maybe some extacy, how bout some Kat. Let’s go out to Ropers, have a few beers, pop a few bars and then try to drive home. Listen folks, I’m not some crazy who thinks we’ll ever win this so called war on drugs, but I’m out here every day and every night, as are other FINE officers like No Halo, and the others on this site. We do our very best to help YOU keep your kids off this poison. I know that No Halo doesn’t want to wake you up at 2 am, to tell you that your baby has been killed because she took to many x tabs and when her temperature went through the roof her friends pushed her lifeless body out onto the steps of Forrest General. We’ve been there and done that too many times. Our war on drugs is a crap shoot at best. We always try to go after the big fish, those folks who are bringing dope into our communities, but it’s got to start somewhere. If it’s the little guy selling baggies of weed to the college, and he wants to be hard and not help his self out, then to the flat land he goes. I don’t care. I sleep well at night, cause I’ve had those that have told me, I’M the reason they’re alive, that they now have little ones and a future. Those are the ones we all fight for every day.

[big john]

I thank god for police everyday,I hope my post didn't sound anti-police,my point was,is that drugs being illigal has never and will never stop any kid from getting anything they want anytime they want it.

[Engelbert Humperdinck]

my point was,is that drugs being illigal has never and will never stop any kid from getting anything they want anytime they want it.

I get up every morning and try to prove you wrong.

[freedomfighter]

Drugs being legal will never stop any kid from getting anything they want anytime they want it. Cold beer was legal, and still is, when i was a kid and the only problem i had was getting enough friends up to give to the cause and buy a case. If crack was legal and you could buy it at the corner stop and rob for 5$ a rock, a crack head would just smoke 4 rocks with 20$ instead of 1 rock. then he/she would still come and take yur shit out of yur house and pawn it for 20 more dollars to smoke 4 more rocks.
Question for dumb arse, if the govt told you to go house to house and take up everyone's guns would you do that?


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The sun shines upon my face and though it's hard for me to see, i'll tell the world how i feel inside, even though it might cost me everything!

[Engelbert Humperdinck]

Question for dumb arse, if the govt told you to go house to house and take up everyone's guns would you do that?


No.
:smt070

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

I have the most respect for our firefighters, and officers. They put their life on the line every single day, for me and all of you. I am sure they do it out of passion and love for their job, and not the money.
So THANK YOU, all of you fine who protect and serve.

[Conveyor Belt]

Drugs being legal will never stop any kid from getting anything they want anytime they want it. Cold beer was legal, and still is, when i was a kid and the only problem i had was getting enough friends up to give to the cause and buy a case. If crack was legal and you could buy it at the corner stop and rob for 5$ a rock, a crack head would just smoke 4 rocks with 20$ instead of 1 rock. then he/she would still come and take yur shit out of yur house and pawn it for 20 more dollars to smoke 4 more rocks.
Question for dumb arse, if the govt told you to go house to house and take up everyone's guns would you do that?



So what you're saying is that nothing would change on the user end. We'd still have crackheads stealing your lawnmower at 3am. However, what would change is the government getting some tax money to help put more officers on the streets and run programs to help those on the stuff to get off. I don't think we'd sell it in the corner store, but rather set it up more like liquor stores. Maybe we could sell marajuana at the corner store, but the harder stuff would be sold at only certain places. Still, enforce it like alcohol,and I'm not sure we'd have any more problems then than we have now, other than an increase in taxes and more users.

[Pop]

Drugs being legal will never stop any kid from getting anything they want anytime they want it. Cold beer was legal, and still is, when i was a kid and the only problem i had was getting enough friends up to give to the cause and buy a case. If crack was legal and you could buy it at the corner stop and rob for 5$ a rock, a crack head would just smoke 4 rocks with 20$ instead of 1 rock. then he/she would still come and take yur shit out of yur house and pawn it for 20 more dollars to smoke 4 more rocks.
Question for dumb arse, if the govt told you to go house to house and take up everyone's guns would you do that?

I don’t remember the right to keep and bear “CRACK” in the US constitution?
:smt119

[nooskye]

Marijuana=gateway drug to other, harder narcotics...

Is that because the druggies are looking for a "better" high or because they have to go to a drug dealer to get it?????

[freedomfighter]

Pop, there are thousands of convicted felons and those convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse, that cant keep and bear arms. we arrest them every day when they try and exercise this right. i dont remember that in the constitution. AMENDMENT 2: A well regulated militia, deing necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. some say this amendment speaks to the state not the individual person. Militia: meaning national guard and in some states, state guard. Mississippi has a state guard funded with state money and a national guard. they claim it is only the right of the state to protect its self from the federal govt in case of dictatorship etc, etc. taking over. can amendments be changed? yes. look at the 18th amendment (prohibition) ratified jan. 16th 1919; repealed dec. 5th 1933. one of America's most powerful women, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. on CBS "60 Minutes": "If i could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the united states for an outright ban (gun ban) picking up everyone of them-- Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in (guns)-- i would have doon it." this is a U.S. Senator speaking not joe blow flower child on campus. friend they are out there and they are in positions of power, power to take away our right.
__________________
They don't got to burn a book, they just remove them.

[freedomfighter]

yea me to. your mos must have been eod i take it?

[nooskye]

ain't nothing wrong with having an EOD mindset from time to time :D

[IGID]

ain't nothing wrong with having an EOD mindset from time to time :DOr a cops. When in doubt, make them bond out.

[mac]

So what you're saying is that nothing would change on the user end. We'd still have crackheads stealing your lawnmower at 3am. However, what would change is the government getting some tax money to help put more officers on the streets and run programs to help those on the stuff to get off. I don't think we'd sell it in the corner store, but rather set it up more like liquor stores. Maybe we could sell marajuana at the corner store, but the harder stuff would be sold at only certain places. Still, enforce it like alcohol,and I'm not sure we'd have any more problems then than we have now, other than an increase in taxes and more users.

There would be more users initially, but if we used the money wisely we could prevent people from STARTING, and that would decrease the numbers of junkies over time. Look at tobacco use-- fewer young people are starting, and that's because of massive anti-smoking campaigns and the fact that there are new programs in place to help people quit. It sounds kind of stupid to legalize something and then start campaigning to shut it down, but we're probably slowing tobacco use more effectively than we would be if it were totally illegal and getting help to quit were as taboo as going to rehab for crack is.

I know this has been said, but I'm going to say it anyway. When I was a teenager, we had a very hard time securing beer, liquor, and cigarettes, but we could get weed any time. Some say making it legal won't keep kids from being able to get it, but I disagree. Of course it wouldn't make it IMPOSSIBLE to get, because someone's always got an older cousin somewhere who'll get what you want for you. But I don't think we could've bought all that weed if it had been behind the counter with the cigarettes-- and the angry woman whose sole purpose in life was to kick us out when we tried to buy age-restricted products.

I'm not saying that marijuana is harmless. I was lucky enough that I didn't do anything harder before I got old enough to realize how stupid it all was, but MOST of the people I smoked pot with as a teenager are now struggling with alcoholism and addictions to harder drugs. Several of them became cokeheads, and have been in and out of rehab, have been married 2-3 times already (and are not even 30 years old yet). I could name a few people right now who probably won't live to be 35 or 40.

Another interesting fact-- every one in our little crew who had parents and other adults pushing us to do what was right eventually did get on the right path, and our pothead days were brief and could be attributed to "experimentation" or "a teenage phase." The ones who became addicts were the same ones whose parents were addicts or otherwise incapable/unwilling to focus on raising their kids and teaching them right from wrong. That's not a coincidence.

[cyc46]

There would be more users initially, but if we used the money wisely we could prevent people from STARTING, and that would decrease the numbers of junkies over time. Look at tobacco use-- fewer young people are starting, and that's because of massive anti-smoking campaigns and the fact that there are new programs in place to help people quit. It sounds kind of stupid to legalize something and then start campaigning to shut it down, but we're probably slowing tobacco use more effectively than we would be if it were totally illegal and getting help to quit were as taboo as going to rehab for crack is.

I know this has been said, but I'm going to say it anyway. When I was a teenager, we had a very hard time securing beer, liquor, and cigarettes, but we could get weed any time. Some say making it legal won't keep kids from being able to get it, but I disagree. Of course it wouldn't make it IMPOSSIBLE to get, because someone's always got an older cousin somewhere who'll get what you want for you. But I don't think we could've bought all that weed if it had been behind the counter with the cigarettes-- and the angry woman whose sole purpose in life was to kick us out when we tried to buy age-restricted products.

I'm not saying that marijuana is harmless. I was lucky enough that I didn't do anything harder before I got old enough to realize how stupid it all was, but MOST of the people I smoked pot with as a teenager are now struggling with alcoholism and addictions to harder drugs. Several of them became cokeheads, and have been in and out of rehab, have been married 2-3 times already (and are not even 30 years old yet). I could name a few people right now who probably won't live to be 35 or 40.

Another interesting fact-- every one in our little crew who had parents and other adults pushing us to do what was right eventually did get on the right path, and our pothead days were brief and could be attributed to "experimentation" or "a teenage phase." The ones who became addicts were the same ones whose parents were addicts or otherwise incapable/unwilling to focus on raising their kids and teaching them right from wrong. That's not a coincidence.

I think legalizing it would lead to very bad consequences. Sure like tobacco you could educate people and hope that it goes down but i think unlike tobacco it would be a very quick spreading trend though the teenage population possibly similar to getting drunk right now.

I think if you want to curtail it a viable solution would be to get the military to accept anyone convicted of a 1st marijuania offense over the age of 18. 2 years military service in the service that needs the most new recruits at the time. 2nd offense 5 years jail. 3rd ten years. i doubt with the way the war is going too many people would be enthaustic to try "weed" if it came with such a harsh first time penalty. for those under 17 (because you can join the armed forces at that age) you get to sign up early and think about what you did and the predicament your in. if your caught again before you get to go guess what juvy hall until your 17 then boot camp.

[queenrey]

that's the problem..........they are not killing themselves..........they are doing this stuff and then pulling guns and shooting people to get their next fix or deciding to drive cars while they are high and killing innocent people...............this is a big problem and it needs to be stopped

[daisy]

Won't most of these people that take this stuff die fairly sooner than people not taking it? I don't know if the people that make and sell it take it though.

Isn't this the drug that eats people from the inside out or wastes them away?( kinda of slang? ) I have heard that. The ingredients used to make it sound pretty harsh for a human body.:smt102

[bpitt]

If I witness anyone doing illegal drugs, I'll kick their ass first, then call the cops.........

[58ford]

I own some rental property in Walthal county. One month the rent was not paid, I called & the phone was disconnected. My brother & I went to see what was going on & the doors to the house were open & something had been going on in the kitchen & the house smelled terrible. I called the Walthal Co SO & they came over & said we'd had a meth lab in the house. There was an '80 something Monte Carlo in the garage & we were asked if we would leave it there & let the SO put an ad in several local papers & if nobody claimed the car in a certain amount of time we could keep it. The dumbass answered the ad in the papers & came to pick it up the car. WCSO were waitin' for him. We never did get to keep the car. I keep a closer eye on my renters now.

[TRIXR4KIDS]

I absolutely hate drugs... I have seen what it has done to some of my family and friends( but most of all my sister) it kills me to see what it has done to her. What pisses me off the most is she has her whole life to live and it's just "FUN" to her i am so afraid that one day i will find her dead at her house because of it. It crushes me cause i know that there is something that i can do just don't know what that something is. I love her so much and if something happens to her because of 'drugs' i don't know if i could forgive myself.

[MSQueen]

I absolutely hate drugs... I have seen what it has done to some of my family and friends( but most of all my sister) it kills me to see what it has done to her. What pisses me off the most is she has her whole life to live and it's just "FUN" to her i am so afraid that one day i will find her dead at her house because of it. It crushes me cause i know that there is something that i can do just don't know what that something is. I love her so much and if something happens to her because of 'drugs' i don't know if i could forgive myself.

Trix, IMO, all you can do for your sister is to LOVE her and continue to let her know that you love her, but you also have to let her know that what she is doing is wrong and that you WILL NOT support her in her use of drugs in ANY WAY!

Also, please realize that her decisions in life aren't your responsibility. SHE has to be responsible for those, and she also has to WANT to make positive changes. Your responsibility is to not "enable" her in anything associated with her drug use, and to continuously let her know that you will be there for her if she needs help to get away from the drugs, but that you WILL NOT support her in that lifestyle.

I hate it when people on drugs (and in other situations) cause those around them to feel "responsible" and "guilty" -- when they had NOTHING to do with the loved one's choices in life. They have to get to the point that they WANT to change and ACKNOWLEDGE that it is THEIR problem and THEY have to fix it before any change can be effective!

(of course, all of the above is simply my personal opinion... i am no counselor or authority on people on drugs...)

[fuzzis]

I absolutely hate drugs... I have seen what it has done to some of my family and friends( but most of all my sister) it kills me to see what it has done to her. What pisses me off the most is she has her whole life to live and it's just "FUN" to her i am so afraid that one day i will find her dead at her house because of it. It crushes me cause i know that there is something that i can do just don't know what that something is. I love her so much and if something happens to her because of 'drugs' i don't know if i could forgive myself.

I think MSQueen has given you valuable advice. I think one of the hardest things that we have to learn (or perhaps I should say *I* have to learn) is how not need to control...or attempt to control...another person's actions and choices. I can express my displeasure and hurt, but ultimately, he or she is the one who makes the decision. We're not responsible for the choices another person makes.

We can provide support and let them know that we will be there when they fall, and sometimes that's all we can do. And we can detach from them, letting them know that the choices that they are making are incompatible with the life we choose to live.

It's a hard place to be, and I'm sorry you find yourself there.

:bhug:

[lwood]

I absolutely hate drugs... I have seen what it has done to some of my family and friends( but most of all my sister) it kills me to see what it has done to her. What pisses me off the most is she has her whole life to live and it's just "FUN" to her i am so afraid that one day i will find her dead at her house because of it. It crushes me cause i know that there is something that i can do just don't know what that something is. I love her so much and if something happens to her because of 'drugs' i don't know if i could forgive myself.


I to love my sister with all my heart and know if she does not change she will die (she has OD 4 times) and it will kill me and my brothers, but her children will be devastated most. She is now living in a drug dealers house that was busted into by 3 black thieves that threaten to kill them if they did not give them the drugs.:smt103 I can not take the chance of letting her come to my house to see her son or us going over there to see her anymore. I wish they would bust her and the place she lives, I would rather visit her in prison then at the grave yard with her kids. She also helped get several others on drugs including my daughter but I have no problems turning my kid in because I love her more than my life. My girl has been in drug court for years now, many visits I have had at Forrest County & Rankin leaving thankful (crying all the way home or cussing her out all the way home) that she would at least be alive until she got out, we are going another round of rehab and drug screens and harsh judgement from Judge Helfrich (I love this man, he is doing a great job):clap:. Do whatever it takes to help your sister even if others within your family disagree (lots of my family criticize me about my ways of helping my girl but I don't give a crap), one day she may thank you. I am hoping my baby will thank me one day and the PPD and the Narcotics Unit that busted her and her boyfriend at the time, with my sister and her worst half, years ago. I will do anything to help my girl even get her busted because I love her and if I could figure out a way to get my sister some kind of help I would. Believe me I live with your terror and anger everyday. I am so sorry you are another person affected by drug abuse.:smt022:smt022:smt022

[queenrey]

I absolutely hate drugs... I have seen what it has done to some of my family and friends( but most of all my sister) it kills me to see what it has done to her. What pisses me off the most is she has her whole life to live and it's just "FUN" to her i am so afraid that one day i will find her dead at her house because of it. It crushes me cause i know that there is something that i can do just don't know what that something is. I love her so much and if something happens to her because of 'drugs' i don't know if i could forgive myself.

i know it's hard at times but she needs to know that u love her. one day hopefully she will see exactly what it has done to her and how it has torn her and her family apart and hopefully she will quit. don't let her use u as a crutch, but do let her know that u do love her. and definately pray for her

[selmore]

I know a 60 year old man that is living in his mothers garage doing crack, meth, stealing her pills, u name it. That is a pretty sick proposition no matter how you look at it. It's not just the addict that suffers from addiction every person that enables them suffers too.
I used to be a part of the "love them anyway" crowd, but now I say love them AND turn them in. Help them hit the bottom ASAP before you go to their funeral and bury them.
If they die, or kill someone else, or drive Dad to a heart attack, we end up beating ourselves up over not saying anything, or helping covering it up etc.
Southerners are world renown for keeping skeletons in the closet, what good does it do?
Besides, we aren't really doing anything wrong by RESPONDING to things that others are doing. If you do something illegal and I turn you in, I'm not the bad guy I am just responding to what you did. If you didn't do what you did, I wouldn't have done what I did...if that makes sense.
good luck..

[58ford]

I have a cousin who's my age. No job, homeless, wanders from town to town, hitchhiking mostly with truckers, he uses meth, & crack, but his favorite is Marijuana & alcohol. He has the strangest ability to find "girlfriends" who give him money and a place to stay. Every time he wants to come to Hattiesburg he calls my mom & she sends him bus fare, his family won't speak to him anymore. (she is convinced she can save him) When he leaves town he usually calls me to drive him to a truck stop, cause he knows I'm usually glad to see him go. He says, he likes his lifestyle & doesn't want to sober up or get a job. When ever he leaves he calls ahead to one of his "girlfriends" to make sure he has a place to stay.
He's a nice guy when he's sober, and I've seen him in a bar say he needed to find a "girlfriend" and bingo, in a couple of hours some chick is buyin' him drinks & takes him home.

[selmore]

geeze, when you put it like that, i'm kinda jealous of the dude.

[lwood]

My sister got busted, everybody wish us luck that some dope addict doesn't just go up there and bail her out, that will not help at all, we hope this will wake her up. She saw a judge this afternoon and bond was set at $5000 isn't that low for a drug dealer. We are not happy with her at all, just about the whole family would like to see a jail or drug court sentence, I hope it will not be just a slap on her wrist!

[Luvia]

"As meth abuse can lead to permanent brain damage, particularly with regards to the centers of pleasure, many meth addicts never fully recover and remain unsatisfied with life, unable to ever feel a natural level of pleasure. Because brain damage is permanent, many meth abusers are hesitant to invest in rehabilitation, forgoing any possibility of normal feeling."
From www.rochester.edu (http://www.rochester.edu)

Long term effects from www.kci.org (http://www.kci.org)
Fatal kidney and lung disorders, brain damage, liver damage, blood clots, chronic depression, hallucinations, violent and aggressive behavior, malnutrition, disturbed personality development, deficient immune system, and methamphetamine psychosis, a mental disorder that may be paranoid psychosis or may mimic schizophrenia.

Um NO...I disagree that anything like this--causing permanent brain damage should be legalized. EVER.

I also think that mothers who give birth to crack babies/meth babies should be sterilized and thrown in prison for the rest of their natural lives. If the fathers can be found...they should be punished also if they had any part in it whatsoever.

[lwood]

I found out she did not get bond but the other 2 did.:smt102 I bet that burned her tail, I want her to stay in there for a year, she would want to choke me for talking about her, but as you see I could care less. I save her arrest video so we can show her over and over, to embarrass her.:laugh:

To the last post I don't know if she smokes meth or crack but she is an IV user, she sells to support her habit.:smt009

[No-Halo]

My sister got busted, everybody wish us luck that some dope addict doesn't just go up there and bail her out, that will not help at all, we hope this will wake her up. She saw a judge this afternoon and bond was set at $5000 isn't that low for a drug dealer. We are not happy with her at all, just about the whole family would like to see a jail or drug court sentence, I hope it will not be just a slap on her wrist!
Is it her first felony offense lwood?

[dream member]

that's the problem..........they are not killing themselves..........they are doing this stuff and then pulling guns and shooting people to get their next fix or deciding to drive cars while they are high and killing innocent people...............this is a big problem and it needs to be stopped

I agree...I wouldn't mind if they started shooting each other. :)

Actually...head to Long Beach, MS...you're sure to find some drugs there...just ask all the dead kids.....

[lwood]

Is it her first felony offense lwood?

Yes, this is her 1st offense, because any other time police have pulled her she "somehow" got out of it, I don't know how true that is but my brother told me that. I asked my brother and he said it is her 1st offense, I think he is giving in though because he keeps telling me he can't stand the thought of her in jail, I hope he doesn't try to get her a slick lawyer and get her out of trouble. If he does she will do the same thing all over again.:confused:

One of my step kids boyfriend gets out of everything because of a "Dukes" defense and that is what I am scared of but my brother doesn't like to spend big money, so I hope that will stop him.:smt023 My daughter is in Drug Court and it has done wonders for her.:clap:

[lwood]

I agree...I wouldn't mind if they started shooting each other. :)

Actually...head to Long Beach, MS...you're sure to find some drugs there...just ask all the dead kids.....

If it was your child would you agree that she/he should be dead, HELL NO YOU WOULD NOT, but because it is not your family you want them dead.:smt009

[No-Halo]

Yes, this is her 1st offense, because any other time police have pulled her she "somehow" got out of it, I don't know how true that is but my brother told me that. I asked my brother and he said it is her 1st offense, I think he is giving in though because he keeps telling me he can't stand the thought of her in jail, I hope he doesn't try to get her a slick lawyer and get her out of trouble. If he does she will do the same thing all over again.:confused:

One of my step kids boyfriend gets out of everything because of a "Dukes" defense and that is what I am scared of but my brother doesn't like to spend big money, so I hope that will stop him.:smt023 My daughter is in Drug Court and it has done wonders for her.:clap:
More than likely the bond was set low since this was her first offense then, if she would've had prior felony convictions or had been out on a previous felony bond then her new bond would have been higher. If your brother runs down and gets her out she'll feel like it's no big deal cause she'll always get out. I'm sure you have but try to talk your brother into this, let her sit and think about her actions for a while... it's time for her wake-up call.

[Maggie-Doodle]

More than likely the bond was set low since this was her first offense then, if she would've had prior felony convictions or had been out on a previous felony bond then her new bond would have been higher. If your brother runs down and gets her out she'll feel like it's no big deal cause she'll always get out. I'm sure you have but try to talk your brother into this, let her sit and think about her actions for a while... it's time for her wake-up call.

lwood, I agree with No-Halo, the best thing right now is for your sister to sit it out...give her time to "think" about all of this...SHE will have to make up her mind to make a change. IF SHE doesn't want the change, IT will NEVER happen! Maybe you can make your brother understand that. I know people love their relatives and friends and hate to see them in the pokey..most would do anything to get them out..however this is a disservice to their loved one. I am glad you feel as you do...love her but willing to let her find out what the pokey is all about. TOUGH LOVE is a heart breaker but sometimes it is a must...I think in your families situation this is most certainly the time to hang in there, show love the hard way, even when she will tell you she hates you for it. I pray for your wisdom to continue and for you and ALL of your family to have the strength it is going to take to get through this most difficult time.

[IFARM]

Marijuana=gateway drug to other, harder narcotics.
Marijuana=people behind the wheel of a car too impaired to drive and a danger to all of us.
Marijuana=apathy, fried brain, high school drop-out with no hope for good job.

Sorry, I just think we should keep locking 'em up. Everyone wants to ban cigarette smoking, but legalize grass. I don't get it.

By the way, I noticed most of those arrested were from Richton. Why are they in Petal? Aren't there enough meth labs in Perry County for everyone?
I think meth labs would be few & far between if Perry SO would let metro do there job. Also we hold the top spot for where to hide a body:smt105

[No-Halo]

Anybody seen IFARM lately? :-D

[IFARM]

quote=No-Halo;322470]Anybody seen IFARM lately? :-D[/quote]

To hot to work. To broke to ebay. Possibly grounded by the boss.Be surprised what you just might learn reading MH topics.:-D:laugh::ohnoes: