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One of the reasons that crop eradication never worked is because erythroxylum coca is an extremely hardy plant with a deep root system that grows back faster an
by kevinsync 3y ago
One of the reasons that crop eradication never worked is because erythroxylum coca is an extremely hardy plant with a deep root system that grows back faster and more robust when it's cut down. Crop replacement strategies never worked because farmers who did try for a season (and somehow resisted cartel intimidation) had nowhere to sell their crops + nobody to sell them to. All in all a very foolish endeavor and waste of money on behalf of governments.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoHas any anti drug policy been truly effective? The more it gets pushed to the margin, the more profitable it becomes. People love getting high. Time to accept it and move onto other problems in the world.
- vGPU 3y agoThey’ve succeeded in eradicating a few specific drugs. Quaalude is probably the most famous one. I wonder if the success of eradicating it had anything to do with studies popping up about it potentially having some cancer fighting effects. Don’t think it was ever well studied. I believe it’s still around in South Africa because it’s prescribed for HIV sometimes. MXE is also pretty much gone. Pure heroin is pretty much gone. A lot of the original RC psychedelics and stimulants are gone. Pure LSD is very difficult to get, however high purity analogues are still reasonably easy to get.