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Re:Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficki... by fogforthought93 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:01PM (#35221034)
What would the short-term benefit of this be for the government?
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Re:Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficki... by danrocks on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:14PM (#35221199)
Reducing consumption of drugs in general due to mass spreading of fear of instant death from laced coke could be one.

Also there's money in selling Fentanyl.

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Re:Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficki... by ip26 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:19PM (#35222486)
Reducing consumption of drugs

Why would a government nefarious enough to poison citizens care about this?

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Re:Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficki... by dmonitor on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:07PM (#35221100)
raise untraceable funds for black projects by selling fentanyl
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