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https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/colombia-dairo-antonio-usuga-capture-drug-trade https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/colombia-dairo... Also see el Chapo. Did either of those high profile busts make one iota of difference? Did the price of cocaine change (hint, it did not) and I all but guarantee the same can be said for meth, heroin and fentanyl. They all cheap to produce and extremely easy to obtain while still being pretty cheap when it hits the streets

MisterMower 5y ago
Every user made a choice to use at some point. We need to find ways to make that choice more costly. Punish users. Make examples out of people. Give them long prison sentences. Have the Ad Council run anti-drug ads. If users are in prison, they can’t buy street drugs. If you destroy demand, you’ll crush the cartel’s bottom line. But that would end the nice gig the DEA, cartels, and drug addicted in this country have going on, so I’m not holding my breath.
- zer0tonin 5y ago
  Your whole comment is so naive about the economics of drug trafficking but I think: > If users are in prison, they can’t buy street drugs. is really the ultimate cherry on top. Do you really think prison contraband is extinct?
  - MisterMower 5y ago
    Just to make sure I understand, you're saying it's just as easy to obtain drugs in prison as it is on the streets?
    - zer0tonin 5y ago
      Yes, or not much more difficult. This is a well studied subject: http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31877/ http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31877/