The manufacture of a pound of meth creates 5-6 pounds of toxic waste. Minnesota drug officials closed down a meth lab in 2003 being operated in a ice-fishing shack. The cookers were dumping waste into the ice hole, poisoning the lake. Marijuana is California's largest cash crop. On the psychological level, the study cites a number of research reports indicating many heroin addicts also suffer from psychiatric disorders, including depression, antisocial personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. In more hopeful news, a recent survey of high school juniors and seniors found that 78% felt that heroin was "too great a risk" to try. |