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    Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real


    Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real

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    1. wiredmagazine on

      Spencer Pratt, once the [villain](https://www.wired.com/story/netflix-love-is-blind-brandon-riegg-on-why-so-many-men-on-dating-shows-are-terrible/?utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook) of the 2000s MTV [reality show](https://www.wired.com/story/reality-tv-saved-me/) *The Hills* and now an insurgent candidate in this year’s [Los Angeles](https://www.wired.com/tag/los-angeles/) mayoral race, had a breakthrough moment in his first debate performance last Wednesday.

      Turning to his signature issue of public safety, Pratt berated his opponents—Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman—for not doing enough about [unhoused people](https://www.wired.com/2017/05/new-york-citys-businesslike-tech-fighting-homelessness/) dealing with [drug addiction](https://www.wired.com/story/addiction-rehab-is-broken-can-technology-fix-it/).

      “The reality is, no matter how many beds you give these people, they are on super meth,” Pratt [said](https://x.com/amyforsandiego/status/2052185293701386733), criticizing Raman’s [plan](https://x.com/nithyavraman/status/2043765281609372056?s=20) to expand addiction treatment. “I will go below the Harbor Freeway tomorrow with her, and we can find some of the people she’s gonna offer treatment for. She’s gonna get stabbed in the neck. These people do not want a bed. They want fentanyl or super meth.”

      The viral attack on Bass and Raman was not some anomaly: on the campaign trail, Pratt, a registered Republican running as an independent, has routinely conjured [dystopian visions](https://x.com/jayplemons/status/2054011982978978084) of LA’s urban sprawl, nearly always [punctuated by the watchword](https://x.com/TheNewsBuffetX/status/2052090079041224961) “[super meth](https://www.instagram.com/reels/DX-MR6sEV8n/).” It’s a term that suggests a drug crisis beyond anything the average voter had imagined, a terrifying new tide of ultra-potent methamphetamines flooding the streets. There’s just one small detail that undercuts Pratt’s message: “Super meth” isn’t a thing.

      “Thankfully, super meth isn’t real,” says Claire Zagorski, a paramedic, harm reductionist, and PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. “If there really was a new type of meth, it’d have its own chemical name and we’d be hearing about it from much more reputable sources than Mr. Pratt.”

      Zagorski explains that while some have used the phrase “super meth” to differentiate phenyl-2-propanone (or P2P) methamphetamine from meth made with pseudoephedrine, “it’s all still meth at the end.” (You may recall that *Breaking Bad*’s Walter White preferred the P2P process for cooking meth because it allowed him to scale up his operation.) P2P meth is the molecular mirror-image of the meth that was once more common in the US, but that doesn’t make it a distinct drug.

      Read the full story at the link above.

    2. Too_Hood_95 on

      Sure, *”super meth”* might not be real, but Spencer Pratt is singlehandedly proving the existence of a *”super moron”* every time he opens his mouth so take that!

    3. moma1989 on

      “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do.” – JD Vance. 

      Pratt is just recycling the MAGA strategy of making shit up. 

    7. Omegus42 on

      I had to deal with this man in my teens and now I have to deal with him in my 30’s. Please your 15 minutes are up and maybe you should be advertising a placebo pill on a commercial that airs at 2am.

    8. macaronimurderlady on

      Spencer as in Spencer and Heidi? As in the guy Joel McHale constantly said had a “creepy flesh colored beard”? That Spencer? Running for mayor? Reality is too weird.

    12. labovm on

      the fact that he’s grifted his way back into making headlines is just ugh. he should have stayed in late 00s-early 10s hell where he belongs. then i wouldn’t have to continue to see that nasty ass flesh colored beard!

    13. DarthSnarker on

      So, this is turning into Trump 2016, where he is getting so much (FREE) media attention vs the other candidates. Have we learned nothing?

    16. CuddlyClubCEO on

      ok i am not in support of spencer pratt and i do not even live in LA BUTTTT

      if the article is to say there is no super meth, why does it include an explanation as to what super meth is and why it’s called that?? idk i think meth usage is more prevalent that most assume. i have seen people first hand who are addicted to meth and have normal appearing lives with regular full time long term employment. idiots like clavicular push “micro dosing” meth which is *just a meth addiction*

    18. Terrible_Salt7906 on

      The boomers in my area who loved the other reality tv politician are obsessed with this one too

    19. Inevitable-Opinion21 on

      Let’s stop paying attention to the knowingly dumb folks. Our society clearly cannot handle the power we give to them.

    20. BulkyOrder9 on

      If people are stupid enough to vote for him, then maybe the US public has representation after all.

    21. NeiClaw on

      His only role in this election is to get Bass reelected which honestly is the probably the best outcome.

    22. morning_redwoody on

      Maga morons love him. A former reality show “celeb” with no real qualifications. Yet they’ll argue “he’s got a political science degree!” Guess what, so does AOC, yet all they can say is she’s a bartender. MAGAts, stupid people.

    23. Arejhey311 on

      That’s how they ‘win’. Convincing stupid people to be afraid of non-issues only they can solve

    25. AhhBisto on

      In the UK we use the word Prat to describe an idiot who thinks a bit too much of themselves.

      Donald Trump is king of the prats.

      Also the word trump is used to describe a loud fart.

    30. bug8604 on

      Since when does being on tv qualify you for politics?? Why are we even considering people who don’t have relevant experience or credentials?? This is so out of hand

    33. KittyKenollie on

      Has America learned nothing about electing reality tv stars into politics?!

    34. xCR4SHx on

      If donald can win so can this loser. in fact i wouldn’t even be surprised. He’ll use the same playbook. Why not? It worked twice.

    36. chchchchia86 on

      My foster father is a huge republican, lives in Florida, golfs, the whole deal. I love him and I am grateful for everything he did and had done for me and my daughter, but Ill be 40 this year and I only was fostered by him and his wife for a years and a half from 16-18, but he’s been very supportive as a father figure/grandather in my life since. I, on the other hand, grew up my entire life in Boston and still live here, and am staunchly democrat and live in a much, much different tax bracket than him.

      Anyway, the other day after Spencer’s inital step on to the scene, he went on and on and on about how great this kid was and all that. So they are absolutely falling for his bull. They HATE California’s and ohhh this thag and whatever but Spencer Pratt is “just what this country needs” 🙄

    37. Paleblood_Hunt on

      This guy should be treated like the nobody weirdo he is. Stop making him a thing.

    38. DiamondHandsDarrell on

      I’ve never been interested in regular meth. But I must say, super meth sounds interesting! 🤣

    40. Serene_City on

      Los Angeles voters please turn out in droves and save us from hearing from this idiot ever again. Don’t get comfortable thinking he won’t win. We’ve seen what happens.

    41. Dismal-Web-4312 on

      His dealer charged him double and told him it was worth it because it was “super meth”.

    42. UnofficialNienNunb on

      I’m about to fully believe in the alternate timeline theory, the fact that he has support is beyond me