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The cause-and-effect is backwards. They don't sell drugs so they can kill lots of people. They kill lots of people so they can sell drugs. Either way, there's
by PhasmaFelis 9y ago
The cause-and-effect is backwards. They don't sell drugs so they can kill lots of people. They kill lots of people so they can sell drugs.
Either way, there's a lot of violence happening directly because of drug cartels, foreign and domestic.
- hn_throwaway_99 9y agoGreat, legalize drugs and that all goes away.
- rothbardrand 9y agoFor an example of this, check out Portugal that legalized and had great success. I wonder if anyone can point to place where drugs are legalized and violence increased? Where addiction increased? Seems absurd, yet people don't think the drug war is absurd-- they don't immediately see this takeover of Hanza as the government illegally operating a black market for weeks and thus committing massive crime, and they don't see the shutdown of the market as a further crime violating the rights of the sellers to sell something that morally and practically their buyers should be able to buy (when it comes to drugs anyway)
- Mtinie 9y agoThe legality of committing crimes while in pursuit of criminal prosecutions is interesting. Here's a reference for your reading pleasure (though this is, I believe, U.S.-centric, so not exactly the case here) https://www.quora.com/Are-undercover-cops-allowed-to-break-the-law https://www.quora.com/Are-undercover-cops-allowed-to-break-t...
- rhizome 9y agoYou might be interested in the Playpen case going on now: https://www.eff.org/pages/playpen-cases-frequently-asked-questions https://www.eff.org/pages/playpen-cases-frequently-asked-que...