Yes, that's why my opinion on matters like these is always tempered by the knowledge others have that I have the luxury of not having.
Being out in the country I bet you have run into some methheads though.
Heroin and Meth are the two drugs that seem to me to produce psychopathic and sociopathic traits in those deep in their grip. People who were otherwise basically decent people, seem to become completely unable to view others as human beings. What really gets to me is the way they can lie, looking you right in the eye, without a single normal tell that they are being dishonest.
I could be wrong, but I honestly believe that a true free heroin market would simply result in a ton more of that with little appreciable benefit. In fact, I would wager that incarceration rates would go up based upon the crime that seems to inevitably follow true heroin addiction.