These billboards produced by the Montana Meth Project are pretty striking. The question is: are they going to convince people not to do crystal meth?
Montana Meth Project’s Billboards
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but cocaine is delicious. seriously kids, just take the thirty dollars you were gonna spend on however much bathtube meth that would get you, and buy a fucking gram. its a more respectable addiction, and you skin doesnt fall off.
fuck that shit smoke herb or do shrooms. no addiction with a ton of fun.
more like go buy some weed. no one has ever died from smoking a little pot. or even a lot for that matter.
I live in Billings, MT and i have to look at these billboards everyday. I have to say they are really getting on my nerves. These ads remind me of “reefer madness” because they are clearly blowing the effects of the drug way out of proportion. I’ve never taking Meth personally but i have seen people on it and meth does not make you do any of the things the ads say.
anyone that buys this crap needs their brain recycled for the good of humanity, yes meth is bad…in excess yes everything is……well except acid thats great for you.
peace
This is another reason why some drugs should be legalized. Huge numbers of people smoke marijuana and when they see that the negative effects are negligible they will assume that everything they have heard about drugs are false and move on to “bigger and better things” if Marijuana was legalized we would be able to give kids an unbiased explanation of the dangers (yes there are some) and benefits of the drug. That way when they inevitably try it they will not question their knowledge of drugs and not wind up as a junkie. Several of my friends (one of which was the first person I got high with) started using other drugs after they found out that marijuana is not damaging if used in moderation and then decided to use ketamine, then cocaine ‘in moderation’. Luckily none of them have done any serious damage but there has to be countless numbers of preventable deaths caused by our societies unwillingness to accept that their initial, knee jerk response to marijuana may have been inaccurate.
these are very intense ads. I think it does what its suppose to do. I scared me straight.
Or pick up a teenth of weed and forgo the addiction entirely.
fuck cocaine, the only drug on this planet worth doing is heroin. meth is for trash and cocaine is for douchebags. grass is for college students and cancer patients. E is for whores and even bigger douchebags. heroin is a drug of champions. of men. it takes balls of steel to stick a needle into your goddamn veins to chase the dragon, and that, my friends, is a thousand times more rewarding than any line of coke or any other bullshit drug you try to down.
i’ve met some pretty fucked up tweaks in my day but this ad campaign is a little intense. methamphetamine is terrible, but this kind of fear mongering is exactly what’s wrong with society today. so much focus on what not to do, but nobody is telling these kids what they could do instead of meth.
these ads are fucking stupid.
I understand the motivation for using such extreme examples in order to scare kids from doing meth, but it reminds me of the movies they used to show us in junior high that were designed to scare us from using drugs. They were so over the top they simply weren’t believable. The characters in this campaign are probably representative of about one percent of the total meth users in this country. Sure there are dirt heads that abuse meth just as there are undesirables who abuse alcohol . But there are hundreds of thousands functioning meth addicts who hold a job and work everyday and raise families. These low lifes you describe surely aren’t the ones who are supporting this multi billion dollar industry now are they?.
Being on meth won’t fuck you up like these adds show, it’s when you become addicted that you start doing things you’d never even dream of. It’s the same with any drug, except weed and hallucinogens. Nobody ever robbed a gas station so they could buy a bag of weed, but I’ve seen crackheads do it before.
Meth IS fun kids!! Don’t believe the propaganda.
I think the “not even once” tagline is pretty misleading. I was a party girl for about 6-10 months of my life at the beginning of my twenties… sure I tried crystal meth, ice, e, speed, and even ketamine accidentally. I never felt addicted to any of these things, only took it when nightclubbing with my friends, and never missed it in-between times. The day I decided not to do it any more, I just stopped and didn’t miss it at all. I don’t regret my choices; I’m glad I’ve experienced it, had my curiosity satisfied and I know a little more about life. I understand that it is possible for it to get out of control, but these ads imply that if you use it even once, you’re on the road to becoming this kind of person. Not once during my drug-using days did I ever abandon my moral code or stop caring about my fellow humans, or even spend rent and food money on drugs. And no, I wasn’t well off, just a poor waitress working two jobs. I feel that campaigns like this don’t give people ownership of their own lives and actions.
lmao, i love the comments that are being left.
seriously, let’s just smoke some pot and chill.
Yeah cocaine is never laced with anything, especially not meth! -_- It totally doesn’t make it cheaper to produce..
Nick, You are an idiot. Meth has made people do all of those things. Alot.
REEFAH MADNESS
Keeley, I’ll refer you to this article
http://www.viceland.com/int/v12n4/htdocs/cut.php
Cocaine in most cases is cut with inert substances. They don’t put cyanide and strychnine in it like those DARE guys told you.
i actually used to see 4 of these on my way to work everyday! girlfriend one always got to me!
it’s not a war on (some) drugs it’s a war on minorities, read tinyurl.com/1mn and tinyurl.com/potconviction
get educated
change the law
everybody’s gotta be an expert… this is why i think they should take away the comment boxes, and substitute the thumbsup/thumbsdown system of StumbleUpon and Digg…
fuck you stoner faggots, amphetamines are the greatest shit evar. “oh its not natural”
who gives a fuck! and if your worried about purity, fucking make it yourself.
to the guy who said doing heroin is rewarding, YOUR FUCKED. Thats it , your not no strong man , your a coward hiding behind the most powerful drug. Smoke pot , eat shroomies, and if it floats your boat do some mdma.
You are totally right, it is not in the best interest of a drug dealer to sell a product that will kill the people he depends on for business. C’mon, who says we aren’t all slaves to money?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKC4yjXq7Wc
I used to be a former addict, this stuff will never stop people from using drugs… some people want to be destroyed, i did, then i changed my mind, so i stopped, no rehab. but there is a lot of bs out there, just like marijuana. You know, i did it for six years, everyday, I spent days a wake, and days sleeping. Some people, they’re paranoid, introverted, low self-esteem, these people are primed for psychosis. A lot of people think they’re shadow is a person. I dunno, you could do some amazing things on it though, but thats about 5% of the time. What’s so precious about living anyway
There’s a great divide between user and addict. All a person needs to stay on the right side is a little self-awareness and self-control.
And I strongly advise trying some hard drugs at least once in your life. Make sure you’ve got clean shit and a safe environment, also prepare yourself to stop before you want to stop; but really, it’s a worthy adventure. Especially with friends.
cocaine is way worse than meth. you know what most people do while on meth? they make music. they draw and paint. they stay up for days constructing useless things and cleaning their house. they sit and play video games or board games for hours on end. having 3 day long conversations. never known any tweeker no matter how hard up that would beat someone or suck dick for meth. they might sell their stuff but thats about as far as it goes. i don’t know where the ideas for these ads came from but where i live only crackheads do things like that. i have been there done that. it is ultimately up to the user to decide if they want their life to go in that direction.
Oh come off it! I did ice ONCE and I’m fine. But I doubt I will do it again because I do know the effects of long term use. But if you are reading this, and have or are considering doing ANY kind of drug (except pot cause its not like pot can make you do the things shown in the images above unless your TOTALLY crazy er’ somethin’) ASK RELIABLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THE DRUGS YOUR THINKING ABOUT USING!!! Thats the best advice I ever got and it helped. A LOT. Its best to ask a hippy.
my mom knows i’d never hurt her. then she got in the way.
LMFAO
I don’t know about meth but i think we all should just smoke some weed a be happy.
This is not Reefer Madness (which yes, was nonfactual), this is meth. Meth is fucked up. Meth will fuck you up.
A neurologist did some studies and figured out that meth is over a dozen times more pleasurable than sex. Your brain, not designed to handle that level of dopamine, very quickly shuts down all the happiness receptors in your brain and then -nothing- makes you happy again. I grew up in an area that has a meth problem, it’s a very fucking big deal. It’s literally ruined cities. People that are comparing this to Reefer Madness and are pretending Meth isn’t a big deal are fucking idiots that don’t do their homework. If anything these billboards should be more serious.
If you want your life to suck just keep using drugs and alcohol.
If you want to find a way out of the madness just ask for help.
Asking for help is not a weakness !
fucking scare tactic bullshit.
Fuck. These adds are sooo funny, and that all they are. I don’t remember seeing any adds that could stop me or put me off using drugs. I’m in my late 30’s, have a really good job and I’ve done drugs on and off all of my adult life. It’s never sucked the cash out of my bank, and it’s not damaged my health. In fact, I’ve had some of my best times on drugs. SO, in summary, I’d suggest getting some good E or if possible, MDMA and having the time of your life. And or that matter, any drug you can get your sticky little hands on. Make your own choices kids, and live your own life.
This is not Reefer Madness (which yes, was nonfactual), this is meth
It doesn’t matter what drug it is, by overinflating the risk they have lowered their credibility.
A neurologist did some studies and figured out that meth is over a dozen times more pleasurable than sex
Sounds like typical net/urban folklore to me. “A neurologist did some studies”, is not a useful citation, and neuroscience doesn’t have any quantifiable way of measuring something as subjective as ‘pleasure’. Maybe the results of a legitimate study were distorted by the press or word-of-mouth (highly likely), but there’s no way a study making those claims would ever pass the peer-review process.
Your brain, not designed to handle that level of dopamine, very quickly shuts down all the happiness receptors in your brain and then -nothing- makes you happy again
Once again, a misinterpretation of the science. Methamphetamine does cause a release of dopamine (along with serotonin and norepinepherine, which is similar to adrenaline), which stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, causing the user to feel alert and stay awake. There are no such thing as ‘happiness receptors’, the receptors it binds to are found in the mesolimbic and mesocortical pathways, the ‘reward circuit’, which is why amphetamine is so addictive.
I grew up in an area that has a meth problem, it’s a very fucking big deal. It’s literally ruined cities
Amphetamine use should be legalised, and the money used to police it moved instead to treating users. That way, it takes production and distribution out of the hands of criminals, and gives the people who use it a way of minimising the damage to their health, and collectively, to society.
And “ruined cities” is a bit of a stretch.
People that are comparing this to Reefer Madness and are pretending Meth isn’t a big deal are fucking idiots that don’t do their homework
I have done my homework. While I would never suggest that everyone should run out and start smoking meth, there is a right way and a wrong way to tackle this issue, and I believe scare campaigns and the continuation of a failed drug war is not the right way.
If anything these billboards should be more serious
Agreed. They are a joke.
Why is everyone so quick to mention pot as an alternative to everything.
Here’s an idea…
Don’t put anything in your lungs but air.
Don’t put anything in your veins but blood.
Don’t put anything in your stomach but food.
Don’t pass anything through your liver/kidneys but water.
Simply do what your body was designed to do, nothing else.
Do that, and you won’t know what your missing when you’re not high.
Life will feel good enough without additional substances.
Morons…
sMOKE WEEd everYDAY MAN…whooop whoop i love weed why smoke meth and kill urself.. its lame.. go ganja all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I smoke weed everyday…….as a kid I sold many drugs and I can say that meth can and will do all these things to you …for those of you that think this is just a scare tactic…..your living in a shell….meth is the dirtiest drug ive ever seen ….I had close friends lose the ability to function normally in society and in their personal lives…meth is like a pesticide that kills ……some slow…some fast….ive seen females turn into whores and men turned into mice….ive seen it corrupt the morals and actions of many……and yes people do leave their friends for dead sometimes if they feel it could get them in trouble for being there during the deed…..ive seen a loving mother trade sexual favors for just 20 dollars worth of meth……it is no where near safe and made from the grossest and dirtiest shit……
so yeah im pretty much cool with everything BUT meth. in moderation the hard stuff can be groovy and in abundance the trippy stuff can be the greatest ego destroyer.
these ads should be put out….addiction doesnt hit everyone, there are people out there that just cant handle drugs or even alchohol. You may be the person that can go out and try something once and never need to do it again. Or you can be the person that falls for the drug to escape something and end up chasing highs that youll never get, which would turn you into everything that these ads show. Stay away from drugs kids, and make good choices..y even take the chance to fuck up your life?
These ads are over the top – BUT – some addicts do go this far, not all people can use once and stop. Every person has a different chemical make up, that is why some people take benadryl and get hyper, some go to sleep. One person’s experience with any chemical – legal or not – may not be the same as yours. I hate the over the top ads for this reason, it makes you think that they are all safe, because all of the ads are a lie, but in reality – some people have addictive personalities and one time can hook them – on heroin, coke, meth, whatever – and once they start – they lose the ability to reason and stop. I’ve seen lots of people change their personalities on drugs, usually on the speed type (coke, meth, crank, crack) but also on prescription meds. In our area, most theft is for money for pills, not powder. Pill heads are a real big problem here. Everything in moderation, pot and shrooms are basically harmless, alcohol on the other hand is more evil than both of them. I’ve never known anyone to drive fast and wreck their car or want to fight when they are stoned – but I know tons of drunks who do. Take it from an old hippie that has tried most things – and survived – some of these drugs need to be handled cautiously – and sparingly. Weed not speed!!!
Just stick to your greens
I was an serious crystal meth addict for over three years, and I must say, we looked bad, but never looked like we hungered for brains. Were these adds directed by Sam Raimi, by chance?
I never clean my room. But on meth i did.
anyone that actually thinks doing meth would be at all a good idea should just inject themselves with bleach, the world doesn’t need you idiots polluting our ears with the sound of nickleback and other post-grunge garbage and the last thing we need is to be burdened by you reproducing. Meth would be a lot greater if it was made of lead and was directly injected into the back of the head.
Is 15 bucks the going rate for sex with a meth addict, or can i bargin down?
OK, not to condone meth usage… really its the most pointless and absolutely PAINFUL drug i have ever done. when i was at the height of my addiction to various drugs i was using meth on an extremely occasional basis. i would use it for 3 days or so every 6- 12 months. I was highly addicted to cocaine, and ecstasy for about 6 months of my life… that was also a horrible experience overall. For someone like myself, methamphetamine was never a fun drug to use. you’d hit the chalet and be godlike for 12 hours, but after that you started getting sleepy, can’t sleep realize the chemicals have burned holes in your oral tissues, leaving VERY painful sores, your lungs are seizing up because they’ve been damaged in the same way. you are now the polar opposite of that godlike being you were 2 days ago, you are a fucking wreck. you even lose the ability to control your muscles properly. The crash and after effects of meth usage last for about 2 weeks. That type of tradeoff is not something most people want when they use a drug. honestly most people I personally know who used meth a few times, will never use it again because it hurts too much. none of them ever beat up their mom or tried to force other people to use it. most of them never injected it, and most of them encourage others to stay far far far away from the shit. yes, it reminds me of the reefer maddness thing. its a little over the top, but really not by too much. with meth, most curious drug users will try it, say fuck it and just grab a joint next time never to use it again. the people who continue to abuse this poison are not psychonauts, or hippies but people with some serious psychological issues that need addressing. i say let em die. its a classic case of social darwinism if i’ve ever seen one.
pardon my punctuation and capitalization as i don’t care, this is a stumble.
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