Breaking Bad....Only in America

[Aractus]

Ah, that is one of my complaints of the show is that it doesn't show the effects of meth on the body. I mean there's that scene where the kid is in the house with the addicted parents and they have sores all over them - yet he never develops those sores, nor do his friends. Meth does rot your flesh including skin and gums, your teeth fall out etc, certainly not as bad as Krokodil (I just looked it up those photos are horrible), but it does have a rotting effect and that your organs are slowly eaten away.

[Shaggy]

Ah, that is one of my complaints of the show is that it doesn't show the effects of meth on the body. I mean there's that scene where the kid is in the house with the addicted parents and they have sores all over them - yet he never develops those sores, nor do his friends. Meth does rot your flesh including skin and gums, your teeth fall out etc, certainly not as bad as Krokodil (I just looked it up those photos are horrible), but it does have a rotting effect and that your organs are slowly eaten away.

The show wasn't meant to be a an ultra realistic documentary on meth and what effect it has on the body. I think you're maybe looking at it from too literal of an angle.

[houseofcantor]

You know, Breaking Bad has pretty much the same plot as Weeds, and Weeds stars a hot chick.

...and a far less offensive product.

[John V]

Maybe this has been mentioned, but...WW didn't even want treatment. He got into meth to leave money for his family.