I think the effects of alcohol are pretty different from the effects of meth. You ever compare the addicts of both drugs? Who would you rather have walking around?
Meh, I don't know. I just don't like the idea of there being a legal way of becoming a meth head.
edit: Heh, I've been offered but I just don't really care to.
From
some site. * Hyperactivity
* Irritability
* Visual hallucinations
* Auditory hallucinations (hearing "voices")
* Suicidal tendencies
* Aggression
* Suspiciousness, severe paranoia
* Shortness of breath
* Increased blood pressure
* Cardiac arrhythmia
* Stroke
* Sweating
* Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
* Long periods of sleep ("crashing" for 24-48 hours or more)
* Prolonged sluggishness, severe depression
* Weight loss, malnutrition, anorexia
* Itching (illusion that bugs are crawling on the skin)
* Welts on the skin
* Involuntary body movements
* Paranoid delusions
Many of which also are effects of too much alcohol. If people take it knowing the possible results, well...
But really, I'm just in favor of legalization of drugs so that many of the problems, such as putting drug dealers out of business, reducing prison population and providing a very massive source of revenue for taxes.