Wise words from Radley Balko on the subject of meth:

“Of course, if it weren’t for the Drug War, we wouldn’t have to deal with meth in the first place. It’s a crude, homegrown substitute for the less potent, less volatile narcotics the government has made illegal. The similarities between meth and the vile, sometimes lethal bathtub gin people brewed during Prohibition are uncanny.”

He’s right, of course, as he is to continue to highlight George W. Bush’s repellent war on pain relief.

Compassionate? Nope. Conservative? Nope.