Reply #82: I didn't say decriminalize meth. I suggested that if we decriminalize cannabinoids [View All]

[benEzra]

and the SOFT club drugs (MDMA, etc.) and treat them like a medical issue instead of a sin issue, then we would likely NOT HAVE A METH PROBLEM. Currently, most drug-prohibition resources are focused on cannabis; refocus that on the hard drugs instead of the soft ones, and you'd have a lot less problem with the hard drugs.

Prohibiting cannabinoids pushes the market towards meth, just like prohibiting beer pushed people toward methanol-poisoned moonshine in the 1920's and early 1930's. Methanol can screw you up as badly as meth can, but we didn't end that particular scourge by taking a harsher and harsher approach; it ended when we took a smarter approach and decriminalized alcohol, with regulation instead.