Re:Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019
by jliptzin on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @12:01AM
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The drug trade is due to consumer demand for drugs. The violence is due to government prohibition driving it underground. Underground markets tend to elevate the worst, most ruthless and violent actors. Legalizing and regulating recreational drugs will likely put violent drug cartels out of business or force them into legal, nonviolent traditional roles.
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Re:Mexico becomes the deadliest country for journalists in 2019
by nullwasamistake on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @03:33AM
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That's like saying theft is increasing because of consumer demand for free goods. And that all goods should be free to reduce demand.
The reasonble choice is to make the trade more difficult and raise prices. Cigarette prices have shown demand for some very addictive substances are far more elastic than some would believe.
I think there's better solutions than increasing exposure to addictive drugs. Non-addictive stuff I really don't care about. But they don't drive the drug trade either. I'm also for decriminalizing addiction to encourage people to seek help. Your suggestion is a bit too much anarchy for me