Yes, if Democrats would get out of the way and allow the laws to pass make sudafed a controlled substance it would get even better. Mississipp had something like an 80 or 90% drop in meth labs after changing sudafed to a controlled substance.

 

...and here in CKY the problem has only worsened. Also, heroin seems to be making a comeback now.

 

Um that is a little of a broad question . Based on the amounts there are different answers.

 

Not true. In Kentucky this is the statute for possession of a controlled substance (1st degree, 1st offense):

 

218A.1415 Possession of controlled substance in first degree -- Penalties.

(1) A person is guilty of possession of a controlled substance in the first degree when

he or (a)

(b) © (d) (e) (f)

(g)

she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:

A controlled substance that is classified in Schedules I or II and is a narcotic drug;

A controlled substance analogue; Methamphetamine;

Lysergic acid diethylamide; Phencyclidine;

Gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), including its salts, isomers, salts of isomers, and analogues; or

Flunitrazepam, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.

(2) Possession of a controlled substance in the first degree is a Class D felony subject to the following provisions:

(a) The maximum term of incarceration shall be no greater than three (3) years, notwithstanding KRS Chapter 532;

 

I believe it is trafficking in KY where the amount matters.

 

It's the way it is down there because they've been "fighting" the "war on drugs" in the most asinine way possible. They might make some actual progress by investing a lot more in treatment and educational efforts rather than just making the prison and pharmaceutical industries rich. Because that's really all that's being accomplished down there -- getting the entire population hooked on pills and caught up in the legal system.

 

How is education/treatment going to help?

 

I know a lot of people who are addicted to drugs. Some of them want to stop, and have tried rehab. They've tried jail. They know more about the drug than I do. Most of them are still addicted, and doing whatever they have to do to get the next high...including stealing from anyone they can.

 

How will legalizing it help that? Users still probably won't hold down a job so how will they support their habit? Many probably won't seek rehab on their own and with the drugs being legal you can't force them to go either. So with all the improved treatment, how do you get them there if they know they don't have to go?