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Re:Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it... by busterarm on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:10AM (#36387243)
> If there is one thing that was conclusively proven by the now almost 40 year old "War On Drugs", is that controlling their supply does nothing for their demand.

Quaaludes have been effectively nonexistent globally (with the sole exception of South Africa) since the start of the 1990s and entirely because of the "War On Drugs".

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Re:Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it... by Tool_of_Society on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:52AM (#36387425)
If any of that was true I wouldn't be able to easily purchase MDMA, LSD or dozens of other synthesized drugs.

The reality is that the user base shifted to MDMA based products and other options such as valium or xanax. Quaaludes aren't as enjoyable because they can easily knock you out before you have any real fun..

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Re:Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it... by InCityDreams on Monday June 19, 2023 @02:08AM (#36387807)
Synthesised, and natural. The growth in popularity for micro-dosing mushrooms and cannabis speaks for itself, and have weaned many off the really bad 'quaaludes', and also off the really bad, but ' considered lighter' Xannies and other benzo's. "Made in a factory, or something that grows?", is a big factor in how people approach their ingestion. I do enjoy, the mathematical difference between manufactured lsd and natural shrooms, though.
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Re:Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it... by vGPU on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @09:54AM (#36403999)
The entire class of drugs vanished along with barbiturates because benzodiazepines are easier to get and more effective.

I don’t see heroin going anywhere despite the war on drugs.

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