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It's obviously a super complicated and morally fraught issue, but if I could enable a future with fewer fentanyl deaths and less border violence, that seems lik
by csears 3y ago
It's obviously a super complicated and morally fraught issue, but if I could enable a future with fewer fentanyl deaths and less border violence, that seems like it would be good progress. The current war on drugs does not seem to be making much progress.
But your point about just publishing the idea is well taken. This would not be a money making venture for me. A big part of the challenge of getting a cartel meeting would be convincing people that I wasn't wasting their time. That would likely involve establishing credibility somehow. It's an interesting problem.
I appreciate the pointer to that report. It looks fascinating. I'll read through it.
- parabyl 3y agoIf your idea is truly something that could have such big effects, I'd say the ethical thing to do would be to document and share it widely, so that any individuals from cartels to lawmakers, agencies, drug research centre's etc. could do as they wish with the data. Again, if it's that revolutionary then it's very likely this open sharing will see it taking off. Not to mention that it's morally questionable to keep such a potentially beneficial harm reduction technique to oneself.
- csears 3y agoAgreed. I plan to publish the details shortly. And to be clear, although I refer to it as a "startup", I don't actually want to make any money off of it.