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.
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.