tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post114141314793566392..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: MethunderestimatedPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1141788481092527302006-03-07T19:28:00.000-08:002006-03-07T19:28:00.000-08:00while they have seen a downturn in home-cooked met...<I>while they have seen a downturn in home-cooked meth, there has also been a corresponding increase in meth imported from Mexico. I'm sure the Federal act could also be called the "Mexican Druglord Full Employment Act of 2006".</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, that's a story in itself. <BR/><BR/>On the bright side, the Mexican druglords seem to have been undercutting meth sales for white supremacist gangs. Hooray for the Invisible Hand!Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1141772003261466932006-03-07T14:53:00.000-08:002006-03-07T14:53:00.000-08:00Heck, we've had some pretty strict controls on col...Heck, we've had some pretty strict controls on cold medicines here in Washington state for a few years now, and law enforcement has only recently acknowledged that, while they have seen a downturn in home-cooked meth, there has also been a corresponding increase in meth imported from Mexico. I'm sure the Federal act could also be called the "Mexican Druglord Full Employment Act of 2006".<BR/><BR/>-- Ab_NormalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1141668470354769122006-03-06T10:07:00.000-08:002006-03-06T10:07:00.000-08:00ChiDyke,I don't take meth lightly. Everything you ...ChiDyke,<BR/><BR/>I don't take meth lightly. Everything you say about it is true. The environmental side of meth cooking is very serious too, as is the practice of boobytrapping and the risk of explosions.<BR/><BR/>That said, I hesitate to call alcoholism "controllable"; I know far too many people who've died, or almost died, because of it. (IIRC, there are about 100,000 alcohol-related deaths per year). One needn't downplay the devastating problems alcohol causes to appreciate the seriousness of meth, either.<BR/><BR/>But the <I>main</I> point of this post is that meth production can't be stamped out through regulating cold medicine. And when that form of intervention fails, as it inevitably will, we're likely to try others. So do we start using herbicides on wild ephedra? Do we change immigration and border security? In what ways? Each action of this type brings consequences, and some of these consequences may be pretty serious. <BR/><BR/>IMO, one doesn't necessarily downplay the dangers of meth by arguing against phony solutions to the problem, or by point out that the "war on drugs" is also a war on the poor, the environment, and civil liberties.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.com