Imigration in America

[Jester]

There was a news article last month about Ireland's drug problem, how drugs there are now legal as "bath salts", "not meant for consumption." Just Google "Ivory Wave" and a plethora of 'legal' purchasing sites will show up. It's been going on for quite awhile now. America's answers overseas?

The UK tabloids recently went berzerk over mephedrone - the usual tactic of freaking out over a few deaths of ambiguous cause, and pinning the whole case for a ban on the emotional, rather than rational, argument.

So, they banned it. Now, rather than getting mephedrone from the supermarket, kids have to get methamphetamines from dealers. Party kids become criminals, deaths increase due to adulterated drugs, and people switch to harder drugs. Gangs and dealers win, everyone else loses, and we all get to bask in the moralistic glow of having done the "right" thing, rather than the smart thing.

-Jester