>There are irreversible psychological effects from opioid and amphetamine abuse, especially from a neurotoxic amphetamines like meth. I won't disagree with tha

>There are irreversible psychological effects from opioid and amphetamine abuse, especially from a neurotoxic amphetamines like meth. I won't disagree with that, but making drugs illegal doesn't curb use. The cost of getting arrested is less than the cost of breaking the addiction. So in essence, you get all that you described, plus a criminal record, legal costs, etc, which lead to no future, which leads to more drug use. The fallacy is making something illegal actually prevents that thing, or even reduces it.