If you watch TV or read the newspapers or browse the internet, you've probably seen one of the recent ads about
meth where people scratch big open sores on their body and look like zombies from that "28 days later" movie. This is due to a recent $10 million dollar ad buy from the government sponsored Meth Resources program. We posted about the Montana Meth Project a few months back, and commented about how disturbing these meth ads are. I didn't even want to post pictures (icky
icky) but I couldn't resist re-branding one of the most recent Meth Resources ads with my own slogan (hee hee).
Now I wonder; is this an effective campaign, or is it too much? A friend commented to me that he'd done meth and known people who've used meth for years, and we both agreed that we had never seen people erupt with open sores all over their bodies. I have run into a couple truckers who were missing teeth, which they freely admit is because of using too much speed (just part of the job). However, zombies with flesh hanging off their bodies, that's a whole different thing. Really, US Government, meth zombies? C'mon. I feel a feature film in the works, "Night of the Living Meth Heads". Call my agent for more details. Serious inquiries only.
