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By purchasing heroin/cocaine you are virtually guaranteed to be financially supporting a narco-terrorist group.

by ng12 7y ago

colonwqbang 7y ago
You could say the same about purchasing alcohol in the 1920's. But today I'm sure you don't feel you're supporting organised crime when you have a beer.
- throwawayhhakdl 7y ago
  ... well it’s not the 1920s, so you’re not supporting organized crime...
toolz 7y ago
Untrue, legal suppliers are already supplying coca and poppy plants for medicinal purposes. So there's no reason to believe legalization wouldn't grow that industry just like the legal marijuana industry is growing.
cr0sh 7y ago
One could extend that kind of reasoning to a number of so-called "legal" products and services being sold today. Either directly or indirectly (degrees of separation), many simple acts of commerce fund things most would find abhorrent. Diamonds are most definitely on that list still - despite all the noise and promises made; I am fairly certain so-called "blood diamonds" are still a part of the trade. Gasoline (more concretely, oil) is another. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that various renewables have their own problems in a similar vein... You can probably think of others.
- victorbojica 7y ago
  The clothing industry also. There are countless clothing mills around India, Vietnam and a few other countries. Child labour is king there. Fast-fashion gave rise to this along with our insatiable desire for newer and cheaper clothes. There is also the coffee industry, which at least has the fair trade program, that helps the small farmers get the money they deserve instead of being pressured to lower prices by the distributors.
- mantap 7y ago
  Maybe the reason we don't ban these things is that it would be hard to enforce. How can a customs officer verify if clothes were made in a sweatshop? Otherwise it sounds like a great idea to ban these things.
- marcoperaza 7y ago
  And we have a process for determining which ones we act upon or not: the legislative process.
CapitalistCartr 7y ago
Thanks to the Federal War on Some Drugs.
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code_duck 7y ago
That's really only because it's illegal. Products like chocolate have a strong connection to child slavery, but I rarely see anyone suggest that chocolate should be banned and users of chocolate imprisoned.
flukus 7y ago
No, the government supports those groups by granting them a monopoly on a lucrative industry. Get rid of prohibition and those narco-terrorist groups disappear.
int_19h 7y ago
By paying taxes to the US government, you are virtually guaranteed to be financially supporting crimes against humanity somewhere in the world (Saudi Arabia comes to mind right away, but the list is truly long) - and yet here we are.

By purchasing heroin/cocaine you are virtually guaranteed to be financially supporting a narco-terrorist group.

by ng12 7y ago

By purchasing heroin/cocaine you are virtually guaranteed to be financially supporting a narco-terrorist group.

You could say the same about purchasing alcohol in the 1920's. But today I'm sure you don't feel you're supporting organised crime when you have a beer.

throwawayhhakdl 7y ago
... well it’s not the 1920s, so you’re not supporting organized crime...

toolz 7y ago

Untrue, legal suppliers are already supplying coca and poppy plants for medicinal purposes. So there's no reason to believe legalization wouldn't grow that industry just like the legal marijuana industry is growing.

cr0sh 7y ago

One could extend that kind of reasoning to a number of so-called "legal" products and services being sold today. Either directly or indirectly (degrees of separation), many simple acts of commerce fund things most would find abhorrent. Diamonds are most definitely on that list still - despite all the noise and promises made; I am fairly certain so-called "blood diamonds" are still a part of the trade. Gasoline (more concretely, oil) is another. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that various renewables have their own problems in a similar vein... You can probably think of others.

victorbojica 7y ago
The clothing industry also. There are countless clothing mills around India, Vietnam and a few other countries. Child labour is king there. Fast-fashion gave rise to this along with our insatiable desire for newer and cheaper clothes. There is also the coffee industry, which at least has the fair trade program, that helps the small farmers get the money they deserve instead of being pressured to lower prices by the distributors.
mantap 7y ago
Maybe the reason we don't ban these things is that it would be hard to enforce. How can a customs officer verify if clothes were made in a sweatshop? Otherwise it sounds like a great idea to ban these things.
marcoperaza 7y ago
And we have a process for determining which ones we act upon or not: the legislative process.

CapitalistCartr 7y ago

Thanks to the Federal War on Some Drugs.

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code_duck 7y ago

That's really only because it's illegal. Products like chocolate have a strong connection to child slavery, but I rarely see anyone suggest that chocolate should be banned and users of chocolate imprisoned.

flukus 7y ago

No, the government supports those groups by granting them a monopoly on a lucrative industry. Get rid of prohibition and those narco-terrorist groups disappear.

int_19h 7y ago

By paying taxes to the US government, you are virtually guaranteed to be financially supporting crimes against humanity somewhere in the world (Saudi Arabia comes to mind right away, but the list is truly long) - and yet here we are.