Criminal defence lawyer here. Meth isn't going anywhere. It's super cheap and keeps you high for a while. It's also pretty addictive.
10 years ago most of my clients committed offences while drunk or maybe occasionally on cocaine. Now, it's 95% meth.
More and more people in our society are falling into poverty and homelessness and then getting hooked on that drug. It's widely available and dirt cheap. Increasing jail sentences for dealers won't have any deterrent effect, either. Someone will just take their place when they go to jail.
Lots of U.S cities have had this meth issue long before it came to Canada. None of them have been able to figure out how to stop it.
From a naked guy stealing an ambulance driving down the wrong side of the street to a guy who thinks he's spider man climbing up your garage door are just the tip of the iceberg.
The only way to reduce this is to change as a society to a Scandinavian-style social safety net system with greatly increased taxes. Even then, it would take generations. Ain't gonna happen.
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