It probably still makes it a lot more difficult to make meth in a "homelab", as alternative synthesis paths are probably a lot harder. So they're leaving it to

It probably still makes it a lot more difficult to make meth in a "homelab", as alternative synthesis paths are probably a lot harder. So they're leaving it to the "clandestine pros", ironically ;). Also, in legislation, it seems like making things illegal passes several orders of magnitudes more easily, than anything that gives normal citizens more rights.