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Originally Posted by Flatbutt1
Maybe try removing the profit motive from the cartels? IDK if across the board decriminalization is effective or even possible but hell it seems to be the only thing we haven't tried.
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Congress passed a bill earlier this year that put "sanctions" on the cartels. It supposedly makes it harder for them to to launder the money and a makes it easier to catch and convict them. We'll see. "Sanctions" only work for as long as the dollar has value to them. With the BRICS countries working hard to overturn the US dollar as the world's reserve currency and the usefulness of cyber money, sanctions in US dollars is looking less viable as a tool. When the cartels no longer care whether they have US dollars or not, we are pretty much helpless.
I don't think criminalizing users is going to help anything. Attempted murder charges and long prison sentences for anyone caught selling fentanyl-laced substances would get current dealers off the streets, but with suppliers pushing product and willing buyers they will be replaced quickly.