Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:

 EH>>>>> In Wayne's case, he's his own worst enemy. Well, I
guess you could
 EH>>> say
 EH>>>>> that about most of the other misfits, too.

 MG>>>> I don't know that this is the case with Wayne, but
repeated use of
 EH>>> meth
 MG>>>> and crack can cause temporary schizophrenia. Long term use causes
 MG>>>> permanent schizophrenia. All too often schizophrenics
fall through
 MG>> the
 MG>>>> cracks in our mental health communities. At least until they
 EH> become a
 MG>>>> danger to others. (no one really seems to care if they're a
 EH> danger to
 MG>>>> themselves). It's a sad situation and one without an
"easy fix".
 EH>>> Greater
 MG>>>> minds than ours will need to puzzle it out, :(

 EH>>> There is a very good possibility that is exactly the case with Wayne.

 MG>> You are most likely correct. It is a sad state of affairs that so many
 MG>> people fall into this. One wonders if it really is happening more or
 MG>> we're just made aware of it more. It's like that high school teachers
 MG>> (of both sexes) having sex with their students. Is it actually
 EH> happening
 MG>> more or is it just being reported more (by both students and the
 EH> media)?
 MG>> Sometimes I think the world really is going to hell in a hand basket.

 EH> If you saw Wayne's mug shot, you'd conclude that he has spent too much
 EH> time experimenting with illicit drugs and alcohol.

Unfortunately probably so.

-- 
L'Chaim,
Mimi

fcpnmimi(at)cox.net


"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
 - Friedrich Nietzsche

--- Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708)