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You can make a pretty compelling argument that those narco states developed because of the war on drugs

Potentially, yes. But that case would only be good against poor _execution_ of the war on drugs, not the _concept_ that drugs need to be dealt with as if we were in a war. Activists seem to oppose the concept, which is where I disagree.

Real drug war has never been tried!

I appreciate the humor! I'd also argue that Singapore does "war on drugs" pretty well.

Yeah good luck importing Singapore style culture to the US.

The concept is fundamentally flawed. Curtailing rights and imprisoning people for victmimless crimes is incompatible with anything approaching a free society. There are many approaches to dealing with the problems inherent with drugs, we just keep using the wrong over and over and at an extraordinary cost, in money, liberty and ruined lives.

Living in Seattle and seeing the fentanyl crisis first hand, I disagree with you that addicts aren’t victims.

Not to mention the citizens who are victimized by the crime needed to sustain that addiction.

Legalization of marijuana has gone fine, but there are drugs so powerful that adults lose all control and reason, and I can’t see ever legalizing something like that.

The people you see on the street are a tiny percentage of illegal drug users. I'd also consider the vast range of options between where we are now (people dying regularly from contaminated street drugs, spreading diseases, violence associated with black markets) and full-on, no limits legalization. Somewhere in between is a place where we can save lives, enhance liberty and still not have Ultra-Meth available at every corner store.

There would be a lot less problems if fentanyl was legally available for addicts

> but there are drugs so powerful that adults lose all control and reason,

You mean like alcohol?

Alcohol is the only drug I can't put down when I want to. I'll take a line of coke and never a glass of wine.

No one wants to use fent , it's the product of the war on drugs

https://youtu.be/V9xJ3abNdnI

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