• SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I can’t wait until I can walk into a drug store and buy some ethically sourced small batch organic cocaine made by a family that’s been making it for generations.

    That’s going to be the real and only way to end this bullshit war on drugs.

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    8 months ago

    I’m surprised they are competing with each other, being very different substances with very different effects, and I wouldn’t think their user bases overlap much.

    • TrippingBalls@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      The supply chain is already in place. That’s how Pablo got started in cocaine. He already had smuggling routes in place.

      The illegal gold mining industry in Colombia is more dangerous than the cocaine industry.

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      8 months ago

      At that level buyers & sellers are likely drug agnostic. They buy whatever sells & sell whatever is being bought. Profit margins are likely what’s driving the transition. However, & somewhat to your point, why not both?

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      8 months ago

      More and more people are becoming addicted to more than one substance. Sometimes a high is a high, whatever you can get