>>785483Ideally, they would have treated it the same way as the Swiss, rehabilitate by offering (under conditions) free opiates and therapy, and make sure the addicts continue to function in their work place and society. Of course, the same could be said about some other large country with drug problems and punitive rather than rehabilitative attitude towards handling it.
>>790570Except this is rarely ever attempted. First of all, the logistics of a home lab aren't exactly invisible. By the same logic weed cannot be banned because you can just grow it if you know how to grow the plant. Conversely, stereoselective synthesis steps aren't exactly straightforward, most of the time it would be easier to just grow the plant. Some synthesis steps take days, and require organometallics and I wouldn't underestimate the risk of something breaking / you poisoning yourself. And while you don't need to understand the individual steps, it helps having some expertise if you're really going off what some publicly available (under)grad lectures tell you.
