HG Update: 6 November

Today Bro Kenneth, who once shared about HIV/AIDS returned to talk about drugs. Drugs aren't actually bad things. Most drugs such as aspirin and cocaine have medicinal purpose. But overusing and addiction to drugs means kicking the bucket.

How we get addicted to drugs we might never know. What we do know is we will get hooked. And once hooked, the chance of returning to your old life is painfully slim. Like fishing. Satan is the fishermen, we are the fish and drugs are the bait. The fish will usually do a "test bite" to see if the food tastes good before gulping down. Just like us. The phrase "One time only mah" or "Won't ketagih one" comes to mind. We will start slow and may end up injecting lethal doses.

We also learned about the new mainstream drug Crystal Meth aka Ya'Ba(Thailand) or Tick(African). I knew Crystal Meth as a Techno/Disco Band but I've never heard of the drug. Although not receiving enough bad rep as it's big brothers cocaine or marijuana, Crystal Meth is virtually irreversible and causes permanent damage to the brain. We were shown a video of a mother strangling her Meth-Addict son to death because he was growing too violent... It's a "fish ear fish world... Kill or be killed" when it comes to such cases.

Crystal Meth can simply be made in a kitchen. Methamphetamine(scientific term for Crystal Meth) is medicinally formed via reduction of ephedrine using red phosphorus and iodine. However, some substances are replaced by detergents and drain cleaners. However, these makeshift drugs are far deadlier.

Crystal Meth is used widely in World War II by the Japanese and German armies. The Japanese who created the drug gave it to Kamikazes to reduce fear and stress. The "Fuhrer" Adolf Hitler utilized it as Panzerschokolade ("tank chocolate") when mixed with chocolate for the same purpose. Hitler himself took the drug by his personal physician Theodor Morell.

Crystal Meth is used today to prolong work energy. This is attractive to poor people such as taxi or truck drivers who need their money. Even some Thai employers offer the drugs to their workers. This is "marketing and business strategy" in it's worse.

We also found out cocaine injection works faster compared to snorting. When there's no more veins left to jab, who know's what they'll do....


Drugs have left their mark on mankind's history.

- After The Prohibition of Alcohol ended in 1933 after Al Capone was jailed, the Italian Mafia, Russian Mafia, Irish Mob, Triads, Yakuza and Colombian crime lords moved to narcotics. Colombian Durg Lord Pablo Escobar became the 7th richest man in his expertise of drug business.

- Many celebrity death's have been caused by drugs. Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Heath Ledger and recently Michael Jackson. Countless other "normal" people died of drug overdose.


I'd like to end this post with an old saying...

Prevention is Better Than Cure