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Re:Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Detained at Gunpoint in Raids by mikaeluu on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:03AM (#14900677)
Imagine the amount of suffering these countries could be spare their people if they just legalized drugs of any kind (it's not like it not freely available anyway), and just swept the cartles income from under them.
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Re:Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Detained at Gunpoint in Raids by neves on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @01:13PM (#14902983)
Nothing would change much. The countries would still be exploited by small a oligarchy. They would still have one of the worst wealth distribution in the world. And they would still have a ultra violent police that routinely kills a lot of poor, black and indigenous people.
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Re:Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Detained at Gunpoint in Raids by aaron-lebo on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:20AM (#14900861)
It's too late for that. The cartels are up and running in various industries like extortion and sex trafficking.

The Mexican cartels control politics anyway, so good luck just making them go away.

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Re:Venezuelan Opposition Leaders Detained at Gunpoint in Raids by pjc50 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:33AM (#14901005)
The drugs are mostly for export. Legalising them would run an increased risk of US military intervention.
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