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Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi... by refurb on Friday July 17, 2020 @09:29PM (#23878134)
When drugs are illegal, they tend to get more potent and lethal. You can smuggle a lot more doses per kg.

Opium -> Heroin -> fentanyl

So maybe legalize opium?

The other thing is there is a huge difference between by a powder that you don’t know what’s in there versus buying a 100 ug ampoule of pharmaceutical fentanyl.

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Re:Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexi... by vinceguidry on Sunday July 19, 2020 @09:41AM (#23889292)
The horrors of illegal drug economics can easily pale next to the horrors of mass, systematized drug use. There’s no easy solution. Our drug policies are wrong because they’re racist, not because drugs aren’t actually bad for people.
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