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I'm kind of old, this is my 5th or 6th illicit drug moral panic.

1. LSD - it'll make you jump out of windows, and your children will be born with ectrodactly 2. Heroin - you will become a filthy degenerate 3. PCP/Angel dust - you will become an insane violent monster who kills their parents 4. Crack - makes people into virtual slaves, and their children are crippled, barely human 5. Meth - same as crack, but your teeth fall out.

You'll pardon me if this seems like we're all tired of meth, it's time for a new moral panic to motivate stricter laws and more police presence.



You missed oxycontin, which came after meth. It had the advantage of being legal, so it was a lot more pervasive. That one got plugged up at the source, by suing the manufacturer. Fentanyl came in to replace it.




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