bizgirl

'P' (crystal methamphetamine) seems to be getting a lot of media time here in NZ, reaching epidemic proportions in some places. Despite all that, I've still never met anyone who's admitted to using it, and no-one who's lives seem to be slipping down a path towards 'crime sprees' and 'meaningless violence'.

So, Robyn over at Secret Passage was in much the same boat as me, and was thus pleased when "Police Ten 7" had a special on P, allowing her (and me, viacarious like) an insight into the dark world of the pure meth user. You'll need to visit Robyn's site for the full details, here's a wee teaser on what she divined about the drug from the show...

• P Makes You Knock Over Cardboard Display Stands In Pharmacies
• P Makes You Have A Really Flat New Zealand Accent
• P Makes People Freak Out In An Amusing Fashion
• P Might Not Be P
• P Does Not Help The Children

Loved her bit on the actor doing the 'freak out' reconstruction though....

He yelled, he screamed, he mushed his face up against the glass. Later, when he'd calmed down a bit, he ran his finger along the concrete blocks in the cell wall. Subtle, yet moving.

Ahahaha.

Well, on the packaging anyway. The great laugh I always get when I see the fine-print at the bottom of the foods that use olestra - "side effects may include ...blah blah blah .. and anal leakage" - is soon to be denied to me by the US FDA, who will no longer "require companies that sell snacks and other foods containing the controversial fat substitute olestra to warn that it can cause cramping and other digestive problems."

Other digestive problems. Go on, say it ... anal leakage.

Unless of course the NZ equivalent of the FDA doesn't play along, and keeps the requirement in. And why not? After all, it's such an cheap and easy laugh.