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Brazil alone must have had more than 150,000 deaths attributed to drug trafficking in the last 30 years.

by PerfectElement 10y ago

adventured 10y ago
Blaming that on the US is absurd. The US does not control Latin America. If it did, the Socialist & Communist movements that have been persistent there for so many decades would have never existed to begin with. The premise is thus: every nation in North and South America must perfectly legalize all illegal drugs across the board for use, production and distribution (any imperfect law structures could cause illegal behavior), else the nations that do not establish perfect systems are responsible for all ills related to said non-perfect legalization no matter where they occur in the hemisphere. That's what is being proposed in concept if you extrapolate it. I support the complete legalization of all drugs. However, trying to pin all ills on the US, is nothing more than a political convenience. It occurs with practically every bad thing on the planet. The US does not control the world; take China as one example when it comes to drugs, or broader Asia (most of which frequently shares China's general sentiment on drugs) - the US didn't impose those policies on China. The US doesn't control Latin America any more than it controls China or Asia. The same mentality that has existed in the US regarding the war on drugs, is in fact very common throughout the rest of the planet, including in Latin America.
- nickik 10y ago
  The US is not responsable for all, but its absolutely clear that the US is willing to take diplomatic action against countries that try to change direction. This is specially true in Latin America. The US has active military operation against drug production all over Latin America. Plus the US is responsable for the massive demand that drives a lot of these activities.

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Brazil alone must have had more than 150,000 deaths attributed to drug trafficking in the last 30 years.

by PerfectElement 10y ago

Brazil alone must have had more than 150,000 deaths attributed to drug trafficking in the last 30 years.

adventured 10y ago
Blaming that on the US is absurd. The US does not control Latin America. If it did, the Socialist & Communist movements that have been persistent there for so many decades would have never existed to begin with. The premise is thus: every nation in North and South America must perfectly legalize all illegal drugs across the board for use, production and distribution (any imperfect law structures could cause illegal behavior), else the nations that do not establish perfect systems are responsible for all ills related to said non-perfect legalization no matter where they occur in the hemisphere. That's what is being proposed in concept if you extrapolate it. I support the complete legalization of all drugs. However, trying to pin all ills on the US, is nothing more than a political convenience. It occurs with practically every bad thing on the planet. The US does not control the world; take China as one example when it comes to drugs, or broader Asia (most of which frequently shares China's general sentiment on drugs) - the US didn't impose those policies on China. The US doesn't control Latin America any more than it controls China or Asia. The same mentality that has existed in the US regarding the war on drugs, is in fact very common throughout the rest of the planet, including in Latin America.
- nickik 10y ago
  The US is not responsable for all, but its absolutely clear that the US is willing to take diplomatic action against countries that try to change direction. This is specially true in Latin America. The US has active military operation against drug production all over Latin America. Plus the US is responsable for the massive demand that drives a lot of these activities.