What is the number 1 drug that destroys the most families? ( Archived) (36)

It's obvious anything which is addictive.

i've seen some crack users...
darn tooo bad!!!!!

In SA at present crystal meth is used even by kids as young as 9yo. Its truly a family destroyer here as the user will stop at nothing to get the next fix. Parents feel helpless.

When looked at its heart breaking to see life being wasted.

9yrs old wow.That's so sad.

I wouldn't know which destroys the most families and I don't know that that is the right question to ask, either.

I think a lot of people self-medicate and its the underlying problems which can be complex and destroy families.

I can say crack is a nasty one, but substance misuse of any kind can overwhelm a family dynamic.

You haven't mentioned others which may have an impact, such as E's, tranx, or trips. Anyone who spends enough time under the influence and ignoring the contributions they should be making to their family will be pushing other members away for their own survival.

Non, yes alcohol is a bad one too but take this mother:

Her son started smoking dagga (the local name for a potent strain of marijuana) at 11 and by the time he was 14 had dropped out of school and devoted himself to a new drug, methamphetamine, known in the West as crystal meth and in South Africa as “tik”. It has become the scourge of Cape Town.

A decade ago the Western Cape had fewer than 12,000 tik users. Today there are estimated to be 120,000. Describing the decision to kill her own flesh and blood, she recalled Abbie, 20, screaming and begging in the yard for money to buy tik, before he passed out.

This time Pakkies ignored his screams. The last of her clothes, including her underwear, had vanished – sold by Abbie for drugs. A week earlier her son had lunged at her with a pair of scissors. She had given in, throwing the last of her wages down at his feet in exchange for her life.. She recalled his death in clinical detail. Entering Abbie’s shack outside her house she noticed a piece of white rope. She tied it into a noose and slipped it over his neck, as he lay barely conscious. Pakkies pulled the noose on her son’s throat so tight that it cut the skin. Her child was gone.

I ran across this link and information.


It only talked about as far as 2010.But the kinds of drugs are surprising all the same.


Shows how much I know about Ohio.Plus I've only lived here 7 yrs.