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> Why don't we just get in on the drug trade ourselves, undercut the dealers That was tobacco, but they blew it by never going for alternatives nor providing h
by makeitdouble 2y ago
> Why don't we just get in on the drug trade ourselves, undercut the dealers
That was tobacco, but they blew it by never going for alternatives nor providing healthier/better products. With the pharma knowledge we have now, we surely could have developed a legally acceptable drug with few enough downsides.
Otherwise, they are of course getting in on the drug trade, just not under the framework we'd want to:
https://www.brut.media/fr/articles/cocaine-11-policiers-juges-pour-avoir-organise-un-trafic-depuis-la-guyane https://www.brut.media/fr/articles/cocaine-11-policiers-juge...
- cship2 2y agoBut once it is legal, they can't use it to deal weapons anymore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Contra_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Contra_affair