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Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by danrocks »

bruceb wrote: post #6

Like some other things the news pushes, drugs are always on the rise. >While the report said the markets in Africa and Asia were "still limited Maybe because they put you to death for importation in South East Asia.

Having lived in Asia (low drug problems) and Latin America (drug-dominated hellhole) I much prefer the way drugs (and dealers) are dealt with in Asia than in Latam. The idea that waging war on drugs is a bad one sounds like a nut idea from out-of-touch people who have never been to a narco-state like Brazil, Mexico, or Colombia.

Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by darth_avocado »

bruceb wrote: post #6

Like some other things the news pushes, drugs are always on the rise. >While the report said the markets in Africa and Asia were "still limited Maybe because they put you to death for importation in South East Asia.

Not just that, societal acceptance of drugs is very low in Asia. Even if a country will not put you to death for importing drugs, people will reject you from the society if you use them. That can be a strong deterrent to people even trying them.

Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by jokowueu »

rhacker wrote: post #8
plantwallshoe wrote: post #2

Everyone I know who recreationally does cocaine is scared to continue because of the risk of fentanyl contamination.

I think I'm on the wrong forum. Does anyone know where the 15 year veterans of HN have gone to so I can hang out there?

This falls within the guidelines of offtopic . Has been there since the days of old.

Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by Analog24 »

danrocks wrote: post #11
bruceb wrote: post #6

Like some other things the news pushes, drugs are always on the rise. >While the report said the markets in Africa and Asia were "still limited Maybe because they put you to death for importation in South East Asia.

Having lived in Asia (low drug problems) and Latin America (drug-dominated hellhole) I much prefer the way drugs (and dealers) are dealt with in Asia than in Latam. The idea that waging war on drugs is a bad one sounds like a nut idea from out-of-touch people who have never been to a narco-state like Brazil, Mexico, or Colombia.

You can make a pretty compelling argument that those narco states developed because of the war on drugs

Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by ttul »

cheekibreeki2 wrote: post #14

The drug war didn't give us anything but more dangerous drugs.

It also gave us more dangerous police. Consider how much less armed the police would need to be if they weren’t facing off with an armed paramilitary funded by $600B/yr in drug sales? Policing would be about enforcing mundane stuff, because against the drug trade there really isn’t much money in organized crime.

Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by blackguardx »

rhacker wrote: post #8
plantwallshoe wrote: post #2

Everyone I know who recreationally does cocaine is scared to continue because of the risk of fentanyl contamination.

I think I'm on the wrong forum. Does anyone know where the 15 year veterans of HN have gone to so I can hang out there?

Did you miss the period when everyone was talking about micro-dosing LSD?

Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by ttul »

speedylight wrote: post #3
plantwallshoe wrote: post #2

Everyone I know who recreationally does cocaine is scared to continue because of the risk of fentanyl contamination.

Aren’t there testing kits available that you could use?

And what if you test the good part and there is a hotspot of carfentanyl in the line you shoot up your nose? You’re dead instantly. There is no safe way to take illicit drugs anymore.

Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by danrocks »

Analog24 wrote: post #15
danrocks wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having lived in Asia (low drug problems) and Latin America (drug-dominated hellhole) I much prefer the way drugs (and dealers) are dealt with in Asia than in Latam. The idea that waging war on drugs is a bad one sounds like a nut idea from out-of-touch people who have never been to a narco-state like Brazil, Mexico, or Colombia.

You can make a pretty compelling argument that those narco states developed because of the war on drugs

Potentially, yes. But that case would only be good against poor _execution_ of the war on drugs, not the _concept_ that drugs need to be dealt with as if we were in a war. Activists seem to oppose the concept, which is where I disagree.

Re: Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge

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Post by RajT88 »

DJBunnies wrote: post #10
plantwallshoe wrote: post #2

Everyone I know who recreationally does cocaine is scared to continue because of the risk of fentanyl contamination.

The rest of us use test kits from dance safe.

I can confirm. A friend of mine used to distribute test kits at raves. This was like around 2000, so this is not new.
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