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Re:Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019 by MarkMc on Monday May 20, 2019 @10:02PM (#19967058)
It's very easy for people to convince themselves that they are not contributing to the problem. "It's the government's fault for not liberalizing and regulating the drug trade"
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Re:Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019 by AQuantized on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @07:00AM (#19969021)
Isn't that really where the blame lies? The idea that addicts are going to prioritize an abstract contribution to some far away problem over maintaining their supply, especially when treatment and legal access is very hard to come by, is highly unrealistic.
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Re:Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019 by collyw on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @04:14AM (#19968394)
Assuming you have a mobile phone did you check where the cobalt was mined from? Are you contributing to that problem?

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/12/p...

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