And as soon as the laws making it a pain to buy were passed, cartels in Mexico were almost immediately able to provide instead. The restrictions were passed int

And as soon as the laws making it a pain to buy were passed, cartels in Mexico were almost immediately able to provide instead. The restrictions were passed into law in the US in 2006, and Mexico implemented similar restrictions in 2005. According to the DOJ themselves meth production dipped briefly but stabilized or even increased by 2008: https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs31/31379/meth.htm https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs31/31379/meth.htm