Decriminalizing Drug Possession Doesn't Lead to More Fatal Overdoses

https://lemmy.world/post/5918422

Decriminalizing Drug Possession Doesn't Lead to More Fatal Overdoses - Lemmy.world

“There’s always the hope that states function as laboratories of democracy, and when one state does something that makes sense and seems to work, that other states will adopt it,” says Davis. “Arrests went way down, overdoses didn’t change: To me, that’s an improvement over the previously existing system.”

You know who don’t want drugs decriminalized?

Drug cartels.

Legalization is an existential threat to the cartels, and the only one they’ve faced since the war on drugs started.

I still remember mexico asking US to legalize marijuana as their cartels still had a market here.
The cartels are everywhere.
As whack ass gangs. So sick of hearing rappers still trapping and acting like it gives them a one up over literally any other human being.

Unfortunately the Cartels have begun to diversify their portfolios into “legitimate business.”

Avocado farms are apparently getting squeezed really hard for “protection fees” now.