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I once had a chat with my colleague about how the country he was born in has changed over the last 20 years. He expressed concerns about safety, gang crimes,etc

• rosndo 5y ago
  The powder cannot be responsible for those crimes, if it was, the government could solve the problem overnight by simply allowing a legal supply of white powder. And if that’s the case, how is the government not to blame?
  • pessimizer 5y ago
    Are you sure it's the fault of the people who drove the value of inexpensive to produce substances used in tiny amounts up by multiple orders of magnitude?
    • rosndo 5y ago
      You mean the government? Yeah, I’m pretty sure. This was an entirely predictable consequence of banning recreational drugs.
• johnisgood 5y ago
  The War on Drugs has failed a long time ago though, and I thought it was obvious. Such crimes exist because of the War on Drugs. That said, legalization is not enough. If the taxes are too high (as it happened to be the case in California for weed), then you will still have a black market for this white powder. There is black market here for meat, too.