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> I hope they are wise enough to understand that, without demand, there is no supply

I hope the executives of our society stops one day for “hoping” the wall will move while keeping on bouncing on it.

As peer commenter said, prohibition never really worked to combat crimes outside in real world. What does work is legalization of production and sells. Not as giving up but as controlling the market. Would you try meth of it where legal ? Probably not and neither does your folks.

On the cultural and health side we have the clear exemple of tobacco marketing legislations that have a strong effect on consommation. How will be one (non Islamic) country if it stop advertising alcool ? While it’s mitigated with internet ads, my bet is less alcool will be consumed > better health. And on the working side, c’mon we surely can find or create jobs for our wine-yard workers that will be helpful for our society as a whole.

> Would you try meth of it where legal?

Given that a lot of ADHD medications are methamphetamine based... yes.

Mmmh not convinced, around me people take those drugs because their therapist advise them to do so. They don’t buy stuff at the drugstore because it’s legal, neither does the therapist prescribe you a pill “because it’s legal !”

A ton of people I know self-medicate their ADHD symptoms with all kinds of drugs (mostly pot and alcohol, but some also regular prescription pills), simply because access to therapists is far from being a given, much less getting access to a therapist specializing in adult ADHD/autism.

Thanks, your reply is informative. I’m probably biased by my living bubble and reading “access to therapist is far from given” helps to keep in mind to not generalize my context.