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MadHound

(34,179 posts)
10. I don't have to watch a program to know about the meth problem in this country,
Tue May 15, 2012, 08:40 PM
May 2012

I'm living right in the middle of it, in the meth capital of the world.

I've had friends and family members fall victim to the shit. I've had stuff of mine ripped off by meth heads, including a central air unit that was probably scrapped for the price of the metal. I've seen the blazes as meth labs burn, gone by the toxic waste sites that are former meth labs, seen what meth does to a community, society, seen my civil liberties taken away because of meth. And you know what, having experienced all of this and more, I find that the only sensible solution is to legalize the stuff.

That way we can stop the secondary crime wave that comes with meth, stop the environmental damage, restore our civil liberties, and most importantly starting treating meth like the public health problem it is, not the criminal problem it isn't.

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