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Originally Posted by vvq
look at cigarettes. it doesn't get much more damaging than that, but we let people make the choice to smoke if they want to.
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Cigarettes won't make you toothless and kill skin cells to the point of having permanent open wounds within 2 years.
Meth will literally destroy your cells, including brain cells... making it very difficult to retain many short term memories, mess up your ability to communicate and affect your nervous system to the point of losing control over your body. They get VERY shaky and uncoordinated.
Smokes will rot you, but not to the extent or the speed that meth does. Meth will radically change your appearance and IQ within 2 years time and that damage can never be undone.
The difference is that smokers do it for 50+ years, so the effects are visible by the end. Meth addicts have a 20 year life span beyond the start of their addiction. And that's only the lucky ones. If a smoker died within 20 years of starting, it's not likely you'd ever compare the two.