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There are plenty of people in these countries that have very difficult lives that might be prone to drug addiction if drugs were available, but they're not, so

There are plenty of people in these countries that have very difficult lives that might be prone to drug addiction if drugs were available, but they're not, so they aren't.

jjav 3y ago
> if drugs were available, but they're not That's wishful thinking, it can't be done. No human society has ever been able to supress something for which there is a huge amount of inelastic demand. It can't be done. It's raw capitalism at its finest (maybe not finest, but most raw). If there is a huge demand, the supply will happen no matter what. It's simplistic to think of the drug trade in terms of the good guys who are pure and looking to stop it and the bad guys trying to create and sell it. When there are billions of dollars involved, these groups infiltrate each other constantly and are quite intertwined. You can find endless stories of how trafficking is done by the police themselves. No better way to avoid detection than by being there. One random recent example. https://abcnews.go.com/US/bay-area-police-union-leader-allegedly-smuggled-fentanyl/story?id=98271260 https://abcnews.go.com/US/bay-area-police-union-leader-alleg... If you want to stop drug trade, the one and only way is to eliminate (or at least reduce to inconsequential levels) the demand for it.