Reply #131: Legalizing meth will not solve the problem. [View All]

Having people addicted to methamphetamines is not LIKE having them smoke pot all day. They are two completely different euphorias and two completely different reactions to their respective euphorias. I know productive pot smokers. Shit, I went to Lewis and Clark law school in Portland, Oregon for Christ's sake. There were more intelligent law students that SMOKED than there were that didn't. But you can do that with Marijuana. You cannot do that with Meth. If meth is legal, it's addicts are jobless, moneyless, homeless and clueless. They will continue to do things that are illegal, like breaking into convenience stores, or stealing from strangers, friends and relatives, in order to provide for their habit....regardless of who's selling the shit. Tweakers will commit crimes to support their drug habit whether it's legal or illegal. I cannot stress this enough.....IT'S NOT FUCKING POT.

And do you really think that OUR governement will fix the problem correctly by legalizing it? Fuck no. I wouldn't trust our government to control this any better than they already have. They'll outsource it's production to a few, greedy manufacturers who will fix prices or convince the government to fix prices at a level HIGHER than it should. Sooner or later, individuals will find a way to make meth CHEAPER by, GASP, Stealing shit to make it. It's not like Meth is expensive to get. I could walk out my office door and buy some in 5 minutes with little effort. And then what do we have? We have a drug that is now legal, with just as many, if not MORE people severly addicted to it, and you STILL have people making it in rural farm houses and apartment basements. Only NOW, you have more billions of dollars being sent from our government to the already irresponsible and greedy drug manufacturers.