TetraCubane t1_j6yobls wrote
Reply to comment by JustinMartry in NYPD Sweeps Migrants from Manhattan Hotel Following Days of Protest by drpvn
You realize the tactics they used would be to fund one gang or cartel against another then eventually that gang/cartel becomes the bad guy.
We have people here in the US who want to consume cocaine. If you don't want Pablo Escobar to become a billionaire by making it and smuggling it here, you let Merck and Johnson&Johnson make it and sell it at CVS.
JustinMartry t1_j6ys1uq wrote
Grateful that you aren't in charge of any kind of policy making.
"Decriminalize cocaine"
Make that a bumper sticker.
TetraCubane t1_j6z39gl wrote
If the cost of cocaine plummets because big pharma is making it, that makes it no longer profitable or viable to smuggle.
People are gonna use it either way, no need to lock up people for it.
You should not get locked up for possessing or using any drug. Check out what Portugal has done.
BeMoreChill t1_j71btsg wrote
Big pharma makes heroin pills, how’d that go when doctors were handing them out like M&Ms?
Desterado t1_j77dful wrote
Did it destabilize other countries?
BeMoreChill t1_j71c5b8 wrote
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal
Also you should check out what Portugal has done. You’re not allowed to just do drugs willy nilly. They still seize tons of cocaine and you can still be fined
WikiSummarizerBot t1_j71c65e wrote
>The drug policy of Portugal, informally called the "drug strategy", was put in place in 2000, and came into effect in July 2001. Its purpose was to reduce the number of new HIV/AIDS cases in the country, as it was estimated around half of new cases came from injection drug use.
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