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Maybe arrest the rich entitled buyers? No more money in it, the sellers would dry up.
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Maybe arrest the rich entitled buyers? No more money in it, the sellers would dry up.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoArresting a single distributor means individuals may be less likely to find their fix. Arresting a single user doesn't meaningfully reduce anything, as there are always more users. This is a similar logic to how the law enforcement around pirating works. Downloading pirated stuff is illegal, yeah, but distributing pirated stuff is more illegal.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoThe marginal effect, yes. But it's a long game. Go after rich people, persist for some time, advertise it, they get gun-shy, stay away, find other channels. Street sellers would indeed dry up. Follow the money.
- thfuran 3y agoPlus, when they nab a dealer they get to brag about seizing eleventy billion dollars of heroin or whatever. The math gets difficult to strain that far when they just bag a user.