🌎 Discussion: The War On Drugs, Legalization of Marijuana, The Opioid Crisis, and Other Drug Issues

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Bolivia’s former top anti-drug official to be extradited to US for drug trafficking

Maximiliano Dávila Pérez, arrested in Bolivia in 2022, was accused of using his position to help transport cocaine

www.theguardian.com

 

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Anti-opioid groups are ‘optimistic’ about Trump’s tariffs. Will the move help tackle the fentanyl crisis?

Campaigners say imposing fee on Mexico, Canada and China till they address drug smuggling could be effective

www.theguardian.com

 

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Anti-opioid groups are ‘optimistic’ about Trump’s tariffs. Will the move help tackle the fentanyl crisis?

Campaigners say imposing fee on Mexico, Canada and China till they address drug smuggling could be effective

www.theguardian.com

I hope thete is some improvement, just not happy about the sky high tariffs to do it. I'm less optimistic about this stopping immigration.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Opioid deaths have steadily been dropping since Biden.

How much you want to bet Trump tries to steal credit with his stupid tariffs?

 

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Opioid deaths have steadily been dropping since Biden.

How much you want to bet Trump tries to steal credit with his stupid tariffs?

Oh, I am sure he will brag even if they don't work or have little effect.

 

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‘You can’t put 7,000 screaming cats back in a bag': Texas politicians push for all-THC ban in 2025

A bill heading for the 89th Legislature looks to ban all forms of THC in Texas.

www.lonestarlive.com

 

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Nice.

 

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[MessiahDecoy123]

But cannabis is safer than alcohol and cigarettes.

Let me guess. It's a gateway drug.

 

[Lily Adler]

I thought you were cool, Elton.

 

[blueharvest]

Pennsylvania lawmakers again trying to legalize recreational marijuana

Lawmakers in Harrisburg are once again trying to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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A fentanyl antidote is saving lives. But it isn’t ending the fentanyl crisis

The death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities flood the streets with naloxone, an overdose-reversal drug. But deadly opioids remain rife.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Legendary drug lord Fabio Ochoa is deported to Colombia and walks free after 20 years in US prisons

One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States.

apnews.com

 

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‘Who knows what they’re going to do?’: US cannabis industry braces itself for Trump administration

The industry looked back wistfully on a past year of promise but little delivery, and wonders what next under Trump

www.theguardian.com

 

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