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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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(10 hours ago)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (10 hours ago)Paraselene Wrote: He's just catering to the conservative misconception that anything can be done regarding the war on drugs. Personally, regarding that, I'd completely restructure the pharmaceutical sector.
Actually, a lot can be done to address the drug problem in the US, primarily collapse the demand. Claw back the obscene billions give to ICE and the money being used to blow up boats and open a fuck ton of addiction treatment centres.
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Or Trump could pardon a guy convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
Quote:President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly."
In March of last year, Hernandez was convicted in U.S. court of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S.A.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/28/nx-s1-562...-hernandez
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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The U.S. can do a lot to stem the flow of illegal drugs. That would start by legalizing possession of small quantities, encouraging treatment, and emphasizing rehabilitation for drug traffickers. There are many steps that would loosen the grip that organized crime has on the drug trade. That is the number one obstacle to reducing demand.
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Yup, also if people quit buying it, there'd be no drug lords. Fat chance of that, though.
And as for the murders in international waters, when the chump leaves office, all those involved in it are liable for crimes. Chump's off the hook because of a SCOTUS being in his pocket.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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(5 hours ago)Fireball Wrote: Yup, also if people quit buying it, there'd be no drug lords. Fat chance of that, though.
You don’t need all people to stop buying it, just enough to make it not worth the risk. That said, rehab has a pretty decent success rate. Not nearly perfect to be sure, but good enough to make investing in it worthwhile.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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(5 hours ago)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (5 hours ago)Fireball Wrote: Yup, also if people quit buying it, there'd be no drug lords. Fat chance of that, though.
You don’t need all people to stop buying it, just enough to make it not worth the risk. That said, rehab has a pretty decent success rate. Not nearly perfect to be sure, but good enough to make investing in it worthwhile.
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I can't speak about other drugs, but I've enjoyed prepackaged, industry-grown marijuana, and in every instance it has been better quality and competitively-priced.
If this holds true with other drugs, the simple fact of legalizing selected drugs would probably go far to undercut their illicit market and thereby make its profit margins unattractive.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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#1 Stop prescribing effing Opioids for toothaches....that would be a good start
#2 figure out the rest from here
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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(3 hours ago)Deesse23 Wrote: #1 Stop prescribing effing Opioids for toothaches....that would be a good start
#2 figure out the rest from here
Many years ago, I got opioids after tooth work. Nowadays, as far back as 10-12 years, I don't get them. After foot surgery, I used some, but stopped asap, because of the effects. I feel no need for further loss of IQ points.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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(5 hours ago)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (5 hours ago)Fireball Wrote: Yup, also if people quit buying it, there'd be no drug lords. Fat chance of that, though.
You don’t need all people to stop buying it, just enough to make it not worth the risk. That said, rehab has a pretty decent success rate. Not nearly perfect to be sure, but good enough to make investing in it worthwhile.
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Worth it, sure. Just think how the gov here in the USA would implement that, though.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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(2 hours ago)Fireball Wrote: (5 hours ago)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You don’t need all people to stop buying it, just enough to make it not worth the risk. That said, rehab has a pretty decent success rate. Not nearly perfect to be sure, but good enough to make investing in it worthwhile.
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Worth it, sure. Just think how the gov here in the USA would implement that, though.
Simple, they won't.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
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(2 hours ago)Fireball Wrote: (5 hours ago)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You don’t need all people to stop buying it, just enough to make it not worth the risk. That said, rehab has a pretty decent success rate. Not nearly perfect to be sure, but good enough to make investing in it worthwhile.
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Worth it, sure. Just think how the gov here in the USA would implement that, though.
Your current government? Not a snowball’s chance in a blast furnace. Treating addicts isn’t nearly as sexy as blowing up what they claim - without evidence - are drug boats.
Illicit drugs, like anything else, are a matter of supply and demand. The surest way to dry up the supply is to end the demand.
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