Oh come on. Why crack cocaine and not powdered cocaine? Can we please aim for at least proportionality with equal treatment for equivalent quantities? Could we possibly also entertain the need for well-designed research on real medical applications instead of outright decriminalization?
I would put methamphetamine on the same list as crack cocaine and probably on the same grounds: it's HIGHLY addictive. It causes its users to do unbeli evably stupid things. It is strongly associated with long-term brain damage. It is VERY easily cooked and people who cook it are prone to having small children around, to illegal dumping, and to a wide range of bad social effects.
Do I think evil effects of drug use should be fought heavily with social services intervention rather than onlaw law enforcement? Yep. Do I think there might be some appropriate uses for speed? Yep. Rarely and VERY tightly controlled, more so than the Air Force or some sweatshops currently do now! Do I want it to stay illegal: yes I sure as hell do so and I speak from the perspective of knowing people involved with it who need every angle possible for outside intervention for this NASTY problem.
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