I mentioned this before, but the one person I have known that was really into meth was a girl in college. Her name was Kate, we called her "Hot Kate". After maybe six months to a year of regular meth use she was no longer Hot Kate but "Scary Kate". It's a dangerous drug and I do think Breaking Bad hasn't done enough to show how quickly it can screw someone up. The show doesn't glorify drug dealers though, in fact they're portrayed as being pretty despicable people. If anything the DEA agent Hank seems like one of the more "normal" characters on the show. -sort of. Great show. Edit: Also, I don't disagree that the state is at its most powerful when the citizenry is ignorant and disenfranchised. But, I do fail to see how a show like Breaking Bad has lifted any sort of societal veils.