I think the biggest takeaway for me is just how insanely ineffective banning pseudoephedrine over the counter was.

Price went down, usage went up overdose went up, seizures went up, the production just changed quickly and there wasn’t even a blip.

Billions of uses of bullshit decongestant products that didn’t work at all… and to get the good stuff you still need to buy it from behind the counter and give ID.

the new is the just the old come back. The old meth, "biker meth", was P2P. Then was ephedrine, and with a crackdown on ephedrine - back to P2P.

Another interesting thing - the recent shortage of ADHD medication while supposedly illegal meth production has been growing.