Re:Drug Submarine Seized In Ecuador Is Huge Leap For Smugglers
by zokier on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @10:06AM
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A living customer is far more profitable even to drug lords than a dead one.
Re:Drug Submarine Seized In Ecuador Is Huge Leap For Smugglers
by stcredzero on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @10:34AM
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Yes, but I don't think drug lords have a problem with the supply of those.
Re:Drug Submarine Seized In Ecuador Is Huge Leap For Smugglers
by stretchwithme on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @12:47PM
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They can always blame someone in their supply chain. And I'm pretty sure returns aren't permitted anyway. And they have guns and are on drugs and could even report you to the police.
The normal incentives for ensuring quality simply are not there. I don't think they know about Six Sigma.
Re:Drug Submarine Seized In Ecuador Is Huge Leap For Smugglers
by chc on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @02:26PM
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Drug lords are much like the big telecom companies in the US: They do want customers, but their product has steady enough growth that they don't mind burning a few customers if it's convenient to their business model. (See, for example, all the hate AT&T has gotten over its handling of iPhone customers.)
Re:Drug Submarine Seized In Ecuador Is Huge Leap For Smugglers
by hugh3 on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @10:34AM
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Might it not be better to make drugs less safe? Kill off all the users, and there's no market.
What we should do is make it illegal for hospitals to treat overdoses.
Re:Drug Submarine Seized In Ecuador Is Huge Leap For Smugglers
by pavel_lishin on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @10:38AM
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Why not just enforce a death penalty for drug use?
And maybe excessive parking tickets?
Re:Drug Submarine Seized In Ecuador Is Huge Leap For Smugglers
by randallsquared on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @11:38AM
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But who defines "excessive"? If we can define it as "1 ticket", that simplifies the whole process, since we can issue SWAT gear instead of ticket-writing paraphernalia to meter enforcement workers.
Re:Drug Submarine Seized In Ecuador Is Huge Leap For Smugglers
by pavel_lishin on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @05:55PM
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I think one ticket is fine. If you break the law once, you're likely to break it again. Kill off all the violators, and there's no lawbreakers.
But when products are legal, brands develop that have an interest in delivering quality. And they have bank accounts. That guy in the alley really doesn't.
If I remember correctly, I think there's even a chemical you can add to cocaine that prevents overdose. No real incentive to do that when its an illegal product.