Quote:That's assuming prohibition prevents use. The same people that use today will use under decriminalization. However people with the good sense not to use meth won't suddenly run out and find it because there's no legal recourse. Legality doesn't equate common sense.

 

I think legality would mean greater availability, which would mean more opportunity for people to use it and get addicted.   It would also mean recovering addicts would be confronted with it a lot more.   There are a million people who have dealt with addictions to coke or meth or opiates, and the first line of defense is to sever all ties with their dealer and other people who use it, and legalization would bring it right back out into the open where they would be confronted with it on a daily basis. 

 

I know legality wouldn't negate common sense, but you have to think of the millions of people who are on the fence, struggling with these urges on a daily basis. 

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