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Are there any resources on how to properly format raw data t make it most useful for display on a map? I'm hoping to do a crime map for my city and haven't quite found a good place to start.
http://lmart999.github.io/assets/drug_agg.png Looking at this chart and being a bit assumptive, is it safe to say crack use has declined and meth has increased? Maybe meth isn't really a new epidemic with a new user group, crack users just transferred to meth. Basically, those looking for cheap escapist drugs targeted at the very poor have moved onto a new product. I'm curious which one is worse for society and the u…
Meth is quite possibly the most dangerous drug in existence. It's cheap. It's almost as addictive as heroin. It makes people aggressive, impulsive, and even violent for hours. Now, don't go trying to convert meth-heads to doing crack. They're both very harmful.
Source?
Meth is an amphetamine like Adderall. I'm pretty sure using a strong stimulant just increases the negative (and positive) attributes already in people.
This sounds like the nonsense about bath salts making people murderers.
People love conflating mental health issues with the drugs people take.
*Not that I'm defending meth users, but I doubt that needs to be said.