OT: Hey You Weirdos!

[AgentZero]

Greetings fellow deviants and miscreants!
I require a little assistance in the creation of wonderfully depressing story that came into my head the other day. The basic story arch is: Man is in love with woman who is barely aware of his existance. Through stealthy manipulation, man destroys everything that matters to the woman, her relationships, her job, her reputation, etc, while slowly working his way into her life so that in the end, he is all she has left. But then of course he discovers that by destroying everything that she loves, he's also destroyed what made her the person he loved.
Now, what I need from you, my friends, is as many truly awful things you can come up with that would profoundly mess up someone's life. Obviously it needs to all be stuff that can be done from the background. Walking up to the boyfriend and shooting him would effectively remove him from the picture, but would hardly endear our character to the woman he loves.
Only a few specific things that I'd like to ask.
Names of any drugs known to drastically increase human aggression and violence.
Things one could be convicted of that would not not carry a terribly hefty sentence (ideally something one could resonably expect to get a suspended sentence for), but that would likely cause the loss of one's job, and create great difficulty in getting a new job.
Any 'minor' infractions that happen to carry a whopping fine if convicted.
Any offences that would result in the revokation of a driving license, but again a minor (if that) prison sentence.
Those are the specifics I'm looking for, and of course any other nasty things you can come up with to screw up someone's life would be greatly appreciated.

Disclaimer: The above request is strictly for research purposes in the creation of a work of fiction. Any responses to said request will not be used by the author towards any real person, and said responses should not be used by ANYONE to cause a real person any harm whatsoever.

[El_Phil]

Being caught in an act of Bestiality in Denmark. Strangely it isn't illegal there, so there's no legal problem, but when your friends and family find out...

On a more plausible route:
'Tragic' car accidents involving all her pets.
First offences with small amounts of drugs will, I think, not get prison time, depending on the country in question.
If the firm she work for does random drug testing then arrange for her to be 'randomly' tested the afternoon after you've spiked her lunch with drug of your choice.

[AgentZero]

Ug... Well I did say nasty didn't I. Yuck. Actually, El Phil, assuming the story is set in the UK, and info you can provide on things that'll screw one up royally would be great. Everyone else assume the story's set in the States, coz I haven't made up my mind yet.
And if anyone is fairly knowledgeable about drugs & poisons, just cram me full of info and I'll sort out the fiddly details later.

[Xrati]

AgentZero, while I sit here with a blank stare at the screen, maybe some methods might be of use to others that might be able to better incorporate them into a nasty deed

1) Drugs of any type (cocaine, meth., marijuana) are frowned on in the work place and can be easily planted in a locker or desk.
2) Driving under the influence also carries a possibility of losing your license especially after losing your job to a drug related episode. The correct sequence will net loss of job then license.
3) DUI cases carry a hefty fine and cost for a lawyer.
4) Secret admirers always instill suspicion in a love situation and cause problems in any relationship. Flowers are a nice touch.

Poor Lady I assume this is something to get started with?

[AgentZero]

It's a start, alright. Still working on the whole sequence of events, and of course everything that goes wrong has also to have the effect of alienating her from boyfriend/friends/family while making her feel she's the victim. And of course I'm still waiting on a nice detailed post on a variety of drugs and poisons, what their side effects are, and how easy they are to obtain/make yourself.
And anyone have any ideas on any drugs that cause a huge increase in aggression/loss of control/violence?

[Suicide Junkie]

What about an ultra-(or sub-)sonic tone generator hidden near the bed which prevents getting a good sleep. (Additional locations as applicable)

When they haven't slept for a week, feel like crap, and can't interact with people anymore, you won't have to try very hard on the other tasks.

[Renegade 13]

Well if you want a poison that would likely be undetected, but would not be a very nice thing to be poisoned with, Thallium is for you. Here's the rundown of Thallium poisoning:

Poisoning due to ingestion of thallium compounds. Characteristics - vomiting, alopecia, neurologic and psychic symptoms, (ataxia, restlessness, delirium, hallucinations, semicoma, blindness), liver and kidney damage. Thallium is commonly found in ant, rat, and roach poisons. Symptoms usually begin approximately 3 weeks after poisoning. Usual course - acute; progressive.

Since thallium is not a usual poisoning, and symptoms don't start until 3 weeks after ingestion, it'd be tough to figure out where the source of the poisoning was, or possibly even what the poison was! Hey, you said you wanted a post on drugs and poisons! Drugs I'm not sure of, but poisons...

[Puke]

"planting" things might not be the best idea. it would immediatly let the person know that someone is screwing with them, and that they have an outside problem.

what you need, is a method to make things fall appart on their own. sadly, im too nice to ever think of such things.

i guess she wouldnt have a place to work anymore, if you burned down her office when she is out sick or on vacation. if you kept doing this everytime she got a new job, it might look a bit suspicious.

that last bit was a joke...

[Slick]

Crystal meth will mess you up, but I don't recommend using it in a story. It actually destroys your brain. CAT scans clearly show holes in a brain after sustained use. It also alters personality, usually permanently after not much use.

As for what will mess up someone's life, here's a real-life example. A male friend of the family is pretty average looking but a great husband who loved his wife dearly. His wife was very beautiful, which made him excessively untrusting of others (and his wife somewhat) because he thought that everyone was after her. To make a long story short, one of his friends, while attempting to make a joke about his suspicious nature, asked him who it was that he saw his wife with the previous day. This ended up in a very nasty divorce and a 3-way hate triangle between the original man, his truly faithful wife, and the joker who repeatedly tried to undo his mistake unsuccessfully. How's that for not getting the expected result?

[Starhawk]

El_Phil said:
Being caught in an act of Bestiality in Denmark. Strangely it isn't illegal there, so there's no legal problem, but when your friends and family find out...
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Do I even want to know how you know this? please tell me it's not how it looks "SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE!" Ah Denmark where men are men and sheep, goats and small dogs are scared. lol

Anyway Agent Zero......just reading that little intro gave me the chills so I dont think this is a story I'd want to read (Though I did fall in love with a girl who KNEW I existed and liked me just not in that way and I never told her so this kind of story is a little too close to bad memories.......aww thanks a lot I hate you now )


Seriously though the first part of that last paragraph right up until the I hate you is the truth but I do have some advice:

1. Way to destroy reputation is to digitally edit a sex tape (Hey it happened to Jenifer Lopez people were like OOOOH SHE'S GOT PORN until someone finally said "Uh her head was digitially placed there idiots) but it took a while and if you keep it blurry or night vision that would humiliate most women and destroy their reputations with most men.

2. Have her animals killed as stated above except make it look like SHE did it thus destroying her reputation with family and friends and just about any other decent human being

3. Have her name added to a list of sex offenders (I heard about this poor guy who pissed off his ex girlfriend who happened to work at the state police and she added his name to a sex offender's list until they found the *ahem error*.