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There is a difference between "0 tolerance", which affects mainly users, and "no entry", which prevents the product to reach your border. In the case of Sweden
by Saline9515 10mo ago
There is a difference between "0 tolerance", which affects mainly users, and "no entry", which prevents the product to reach your border.
In the case of Sweden, it is mainly a symptom of non-european immigration, using their criminal networks to import the product. Netherland is dominated by Moroccan mafia, France by the Algerian mafia, and so on. Remigrating them would likely solve a big part of the problem.
> controlled selling
Yes, that's already the case in most countries: I can get opioids such as morphine in the case of surgical operation. Many ADHD teens get derivatives of amphetamines. No one is against this.
- rich_sasha 10mo agoOTBE, if you reduce supply, prices tend to increase. So although you're getting less of the stuff in, you're equally incentivised as a criminal. OTOH, if demand drops, that's real money out of traffickers pockets. They sell less, and at lower prices.
- Saline9515 10mo agoIf you reduce supply, less product is consumed by society, which is the intended effect.
- embedding-shape 10mo agoYou have to think as a person who does drugs though. You want to get high, and product A is not available, what do you do? You're not solving any problems, you're moving them around. What's the point?
- Saline9515 10mo agoThey will consume less product A as a result. If product A is highly destructive/addictive (e.g, crack), it's a win.
- mrWiz 10mo agoIn practice they tend to substitute A with B, and B is often times even more destructive (black market fentanyl rather than medical opioids, or just inhalants).