Good article on the tragedy and corruption of the war on drugs. We have to remember that the war on drugs was started for 2 reasons: a) to control minority populations specifically the blacks/asians in the US, and b) to enable the empire-building ambitions of law enforcement. It had nothing, zero, nada, zilch to do with public safety. And as this article is outlining, it has had a punitive effect on society by incentivising the manufacture of stronger, more deadly drugs.
I mean, it's almost downright laughable that they demonise cannabis by spewing the tired old mantra of "well, cannabis is much stronger than back in the 60s" completely ignoring the emergence of these deadly and awful chemicals like ice and fentanyl, which have emerged as a direct result of this corrupt war on drugs. And these drugs will only get deadlier.
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