I think that the media hysteria and propaganda about the armageddon causing drug at the moment is causing more harm than the drugs themselves. I think that the war on drugs is defeating it's purpose. People get scared from reading all the gloom and doom reports and then then feel the need to find something to calm them down. Bullying people about their health issues and what medications they take doesn't help. Banning medications or making them nearly impossible to obtain can kill people. It can also cause emotional pain and mental illness. Threatening incarceration and fines exasperates the fear, loathing, and distrust of our law enforcement and causes more mental illness and acts of violence. The war on drugs is vicious.
http://www.briancbennett.com/history/excerpts/epidemic.htm