A meth addict telling you never do meth -- does not amount to 'policy'. I think that a better comparison would be "a still-active meth addict who advocates for

A meth addict telling you never do meth -- does not amount to 'policy'. I think that a better comparison would be "a still-active meth addict who advocates for government action that would likely deprive them of the ability to continue using meth." In this scenario the addict actually has some 'skin in the game' as opposed to just preaching.