If Meth weren't illegal, everyone could have as much as they wanted for next to nothing. It is cheap and easy to manufacture, to the highest quality... but instead, we have people making it in unoptimum conditions with unoptimum ingredients.

And, oh yeah, there is no shortage on the streets. The suppliers always find a way. Its big business. Lots of money to bribe lots of "officials"

So, of course, the war on drugs has only made it lucrative for those who will do bad things.