Because the restriction was never going to reduce drug use. It does nothing to address addiction or treatment or the import of drugs.
Where it was effective was reducing the number of local meth cooks in states where restrictions have been the tightest. Some people still cross state lines to buy pseudoephedrine, but then why not just cook in a state where it’s available?
Make no mistake, the purpose of these restrictions are not to protect addicts from addictive substances. It was to protect property values for neighbors who don’t want to live in a cloud of piss.
Make no mistake, the purpose of these restrictions are not to protect addicts from addictive substances. It was to protect property values for neighbors who don’t want to live in a cloud of piss.
Legalizing and then restricting the manufacture to industrial-zoned property (just like other smelly stuff like paper mills and whatnot) would’ve accomplished the same thing.
And yet the meth problem doesn’t seem to be going away…
Because the restriction was never going to reduce drug use. It does nothing to address addiction or treatment or the import of drugs.
Where it was effective was reducing the number of local meth cooks in states where restrictions have been the tightest. Some people still cross state lines to buy pseudoephedrine, but then why not just cook in a state where it’s available?
Make no mistake, the purpose of these restrictions are not to protect addicts from addictive substances. It was to protect property values for neighbors who don’t want to live in a cloud of piss.
Legalizing and then restricting the manufacture to industrial-zoned property (just like other smelly stuff like paper mills and whatnot) would’ve accomplished the same thing.
Ah, but then youd5have created competition for the protected corporations.
I keep hearing about a meth and fentanyl epidemic, but as far as I’m aware, I haven’t met one person in my entire life that uses either of them.
Come here to Terre Haute, Indiana. You’ll meet a whole lot of people addicted to meth and various opioids.
It’s always fun when they decide to direct traffic.
You have met people that use one or both, or have in the past.
It’s not even a “big city” problem. Both of the above are ripping rural towns apart as well.
At least 1 in 50 of your coworkers are using fentanyl or abusing opiates.
Also, meth is still a big problem in the gay community unfortunately.
But it’s just a bad scene all around when conisder like 10% of everyone abuses alcohol in some way. It all seems systemic, I wish life were better.
you’ve probably met people in recovery. people don’t really broadcast it.