Originally Posted by Bill8

that wasn't a response to you and your fears and beliefs.

at least I don't recall your saying anything essentially meaningless like "because it's made with acids and bases in the process it must be horrible".

your faces of meth photos are cherrypicked ad campaign content and are also essentially meaningless - a classic "before and after" advertising trick.

I haven't researched the provenance of those photos, so don't have any opinion on them other than the observation that before and after photos are usually meaningless. any person can have a pair of photos taken, one that makes them look nice, one that makes them look like shit.

"meth mouth" is a real phenomenon, but would occur far less often if people were able to get treatment and counseling and health advice. The same effect happens with many chemicals and medications - dry mouth allows bacteria to grow.

the same type of argument - that prohibition causes far more harm than the chemical itself - applies to all drugs.