[Claire]

I don't know about elsewhere, but in Oregon, meth is a HUGE ass problem. Every crime everywhere in the state is blamed on meth addiction. Prostituting children, stealing the metal from bridges to sell, stealing cold medicine (which is now pretty much under lock and key now in Portland), neighborhoods going to hell because there's a meth lab on every street corner, you name it, it's all being done.....because of addiction to meth.

I'm not sure what can be done about it. It doesn't seem like legalizing it and manufacturing meth in a "safe lab" is the solution.

I don't think it's any different with heroin. It's just too dangerous....the high, the addiction, the associated health risks.

Legalizing pot on the other hand....my position has wavered over the years. Currently, I'm leaning toward a controlled legalization of it. But who would control it and how? I have no freaking clue!!

I'm not completely averse to the program they have in Canada....I like where they want to go with it, but it's hard to stomach the concept here in the tax-paying States.