Cheaper, stronger meth and its effect on Portland's homeless crisis | The Story | Nov. 16, 2021

November 16, 2021 on The Story: P2P meth is cheaper, stronger, more lethal and wreaking havoc on Portland's streets. We dig deeper into this crisis tonight on The Story.
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[@petezee6645]

Last night I watched 2 people in an old Range Rover outside Foodvilla on NE33rd near Lombard selling meth. The bags were visibly being passed to 'customers' from the car. Neither the 'customers' or the dealer gave AF about being seen. It reminded me of tailgating.

[@zaktripper4908]

You can’t bust the constant market.

[@Tarafina10Tango]

I just watched 3 people chopping up a car in Hollywood. The night before someone was shot by a driver in a chopped car. We need to make better choices this year or nothing will change: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp67fnlqot96e9k

[@LetsTokeandJoke]

Sounds about right, was it a green Range Rover?

[@cliftondugan5295]

Fuck yeah that’s a tailgating party I’ll go to

[@cliftondugan5295]

Sounds like a good time I guess I know where I’m taking my next vacation

[@marcblank3036]

It explains all the stuff happening there

[@KristineCole]

P2P meth was from the 80's and earlier.

[@alanmalcheski8882]

What's your solution, experts?

[@fredstockgate5029]

Close the borders and offer huge rewards for major dealer tips. HUGE REWARDS!

[@sarbantz]

Don't do drugs ☝️

[@jamesklaatu9359]

Anyone that voted for measure 110 must have been on the stuff. Can't fix stupid in this state.

[@alanmalcheski8882]

Wow look at all the comments. How would the guy know that you can buy it on every block? Homeless people do drugs, but meth is used by all kinds of people. I went out with a woman who had been doing that biker meth for 20 years, she talked to people who were not there, but she had a good job. I do not see any point in connecting homeless people with meth, other than the fact that people eventually go crazy, and then they become homeless.

[@jsimmons7023]

The biker meth was great and $20 bag lasted 3-4 days. This crap only last 15 minutes. I have been clean for 8 years now. Have no problems stopping, thank God.

[@stevenm732]

Hmmm I do not see any point in connecting homeless people with meth, other than the fact that people eventually go crazy, and then they become homeless.

[@alanmalcheski8882]

@@stevenm732 yes that's what a wrote, very good. Now you explain why the word homeless in in the title. Meth has an effect on the entire population.

[@stevenm732]

@@alanmalcheski8882 The focus of this story was on the homeless. That’s why. The viewers asked for this topic. Maybe you could write to them and ask if they can do a broader investigation as well and report the results.

[@alanmalcheski8882]

@@stevenm732 I have lived in houses and I've lived on the streets, the percentages for crazy people and people on drugs are not drastically different, from one category to the next. Maybe from one place to another, in general there are more drugs in the city. Studying effects on the homeless is just studying a canary in a coal mine, really.

[@akisalah6003]

I'm glad they going not even supposed to be eating it either says in the Bible it tells you what you supposed to eat that's an Abomination to eat that stuff.

[@stevenm732]

I believe in bodily autonomy and so I'll eat what I like.

[@akisalah6003]

@@stevenm732 as we are not the same and I gives a darn what you eat as a black woman I am talking to my people that Bible was for us not you it does not apply.

[@akisalah6003]

And only they know what I am talking about.

[@stevenm732]

@@akisalah6003 It’s a jab towards conservative anti vaxxers and the “bodily autonomy” crowd. Many of them are also religiously motivated so it’s fun to point out the ironies.

[@akisalah6003]

@@stevenm732 I am that anti vaxxer and I have had one out of many people that has not gotten the mark of the beast and I am not religious at all the Bible is not religious .