Originally Posted by stray round
Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Not a soul would be interested in these new designer drugs (i.e., there would be zero market for developing and importing them) if the traditional drugs weren't criminal to purchase and use.


I beg to differ. LSD was about as designer as you can get and there was and is a market for it, just like meth.
LSD wasn't outlawed in the US till 1966, long after other more traditional recreational drugs had been outlawed. Same with meth. There would never have been a market for its development if the drug addicted types would have had easy access to legal heroin, pot, and cocaine.