Re:DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance
by cwkoss on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:30PM
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DEA has never successfully 'done something' about any drug.
All they do is partially constrain the supply, increasing the price and thus profitability of smuggling the drug in.
The best way to fight "Chinese fentanyl" is with non-DEA harm reduction measures: free drug treatment, education, and creating a social safety net so addicts don't have to resort to crime to stay off the street.
Want to beat Chinese fentanyl with a single stroke of the pen? Make a program where addicts can go into a center daily to get pure government-paid-for heroin. The vast majority of societal harms from illegal drugs come from the effects of prohibition: free clean drugs would make smuggling no longer profitable, would create a centralized location for social services to communicate cessation options to addicts, and remove the "I need money for drugs" cause of the overwhelming majority of drug-related crimes.
All they do is partially constrain the supply, increasing the price and thus profitability of smuggling the drug in.
The best way to fight "Chinese fentanyl" is with non-DEA harm reduction measures: free drug treatment, education, and creating a social safety net so addicts don't have to resort to crime to stay off the street.
Want to beat Chinese fentanyl with a single stroke of the pen? Make a program where addicts can go into a center daily to get pure government-paid-for heroin. The vast majority of societal harms from illegal drugs come from the effects of prohibition: free clean drugs would make smuggling no longer profitable, would create a centralized location for social services to communicate cessation options to addicts, and remove the "I need money for drugs" cause of the overwhelming majority of drug-related crimes.