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[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago

Drug addiction is a mental health problem. Reducing supply may have some effect in reducing overdoses in the short term, but it doesn't solve the underlying issue, and it's likely that new and potentially even more dangerous sources will pop up quickly. And military action is absurdly heavy handed and unless Mexico are on board with it, I can't see it ending well (and even then).

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Right-wingers don't believe in underlying causes. Drug problems are the fault of the drugs themselves and/or a character flaw of the lazy good for nothing users. They always just want to put a useless bandaid on the symptom. The world is too complex for them to handle.

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