The Vampire Ship: The seizure of Europe's largest heroin shipment

Re:The Vampire Ship: The seizure of Europe's largest heroin ... by wwarner on Sunday September 20, 2020 @12:43PM (#24535045)

There are a lot of 'ifs' here. Especially iffy -- the tax windfall creates its own perverse incentives. Drug abuse is bad for you, no amount game theory or legal hair-splitting will change that.

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Re:The Vampire Ship: The seizure of Europe's largest heroin ... by hellisothers on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:24PM (#24535460)

As is smoking, drinking, fast food, sugar, and driving. And yet...

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Re:The Vampire Ship: The seizure of Europe's largest heroin ... by thefounder on Sunday September 20, 2020 @07:39PM (#24538366)

Yeah but fast food, sugar etc are light/very light drugs and there is work in progress to limit them(i.e the amount of sugar in snacks etc).

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Re:The Vampire Ship: The seizure of Europe's largest heroin ... by denkmoon on Sunday September 20, 2020 @08:05PM (#24538502)

Sugar is not "lighter" than, for example, cocaine.

Sugar related health issues such as diabetes and obesity have far higher costs to society than cocaine abuse does.

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Re:The Vampire Ship: The seizure of Europe's largest heroin ... by thefounder on Monday September 21, 2020 @05:09AM (#24541278)

I believe cocaine is more addictive than sugar. Cardiac arrest is another issue. Not much is known about long term health effects of cocaine because we don't have a majority of population snorting cocaine and eating and drinking it every single day.

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Re:The Vampire Ship: The seizure of Europe's largest heroin ... by daseiner1 on Sunday September 20, 2020 @09:17PM (#24538864)

you need to correct for per-user cost, i.e. cost per user of sugar vs per user of coke

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