I think the lesson that people forget is that legal drugs are often just as dangerous as street drugs.

In some cases, they can be more dangerous because far too many people are unaware that the drugs they take are dangerous.

>Interestingly, he actually acknowledged this criticism in his own work, beginning his book with the following "plea to the Readers.":

This is the main tell of a snake oil salesman. If someone's selling something that works they don't need to load the pitch with their product's life story and "trust me" statements.

Love that the meth ad has a picture of a kid eating a banana in the background.