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@randahl "tough on crime" usually means a fascist.

Anyone with a real understanding knows that crime is a social problem not a "need to punish people harder" problem.

@androcat @randahl problem with drugs related crime us the the social problem of drug use is mostly a foreign issue you can't solve nationally. Even if you solve the national social problems it will still remain interesting to do international drugs crimes if those crimes are not punished hard enough.

@Walter8100000 @randahl You say those words, but you have nothing to back it up with. It's rote hateful rhetoric of the kind fascists and "conservatives" love to spout, and expect to go unchallenged.

People engage in risky activity because they have no better options.

"Solving the national social problems" always includes providing better options.

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@androcat @randahl even people with better options can be tempted with the 'easy money' made with drugs related crimes. As long as there is a demand for (illegal) drugs the prices will go up if the supply goes down. This will always trigger people to go for the easy money. The only way to solve the crime is to stop the demand. And in case of Mexico that demand is not really a national issue.

@Walter8100000 @randahl Yes, and that means legalizing the drugs.

The ends demand for illegal drugs, because it moves to legal drugs.

@androcat @randahl I'm not in favor of legalizing all drugs. Most have serieus side effects like addiction and health issues.

@Walter8100000 @randahl There is no other way to reduce demand.

So, your claims are going in circles with no possible resolution.

You're thinking that posturing and performative cruelty is a solution.

@androcat @randahl no, first solution is to reduce demand. Make people more aware that the drugs they buy is the root cause of a lot of misery around the globe. And I said that I'm not in favor of legalizing all drugs. Some drugs can be legalised. Most common example of this is cannabis. Another one would be xtc/mdma.

@Walter8100000 @randahl That's nonsense.

People don't care if the drug they take to escape their hell of a life will harm them.
They also don't necessarily know what it is they're being given.

People in that situation simply don't care about your lofty talk of harm.

This is why solving the social problems is the first step, and in most cases the last step.

@androcat @randahl the people you describe are poor or addicts. That's not the big money international drug crime thrives on. Although in the case of Mexico Crystal meth is a big business.