The war on Sudafed

[John Dibble]

Actually, the one state that has had the most success in cutting down on meth labs is Oregon, which has a prescription only law.  It's not meth use, but the meth labs that are the real problem here, and unless we legalize meth, going to prescription-only for Sudafed is the best option available to rid ourselves of the toxic waste dumps known as meth labs.

Oregon has seen more meth labs and drug abuse since the prescription requirement was enacted.

Do either of you have a credible statistical source to back your claims here? Unless you do, you're just going to argue back and forth.

[John Dibble]

I just can't believe 38.5% of you support expanding the drug war. I expected it to be close to 0%.

Keep in mind that forum polls aren't always accurate and some people might be just be answering one way to piss you off.

Also, keep in mind that some people will view legalizing pot and legalizing meth as two different issues. Meth is more than a small amount more dangerous than marijuana, so even some people who want to legalize pot might still want to fight against meth and other hard drugs.

[John Dibble]

Also, keep in mind that some people will view legalizing pot and legalizing meth as two different issues. Meth is more than a small amount more dangerous than marijuana, so even some people who want to legalize pot might still want to fight against meth and other hard drugs.

I'm not saying meth is good. Not by any means.

I never said you did. All I'm saying is that some people hold it to a different standard since it's quite a destructive drug.

I'm rather on the fence in regards to legalizing meth because of that. On principle I would support legalizing it, but my understanding of how addictive and destructive it is kind of makes it seem like something that wouldn't be ethical to sell to humans knowing what it would do to them. In regards to going after Sudafed and other over the counter items, I don't now how effective that would really be - statistics on the states that do go after it would be good if we could get some accurate ones. Suffice to say I have doubts, but I've been wrong before.