Rising GOP support for the U.S. taking unilateral military action in Mexico against drug cartels is increasingly rattling people on both sides of the border who worry talk of an attack is getting n…

Rising GOP support for the U.S. taking unilateral military action in Mexico against drug cartels is increasingly rattling people on both sides of the border who worry talk of an attack is getting normalized.

Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate featured high-stakes policy disagreements on a range of issues from abortion to the environment — but found near-unanimous consensus on the idea of using American military force to fight drug smuggling and migration.

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.de
    82·
    11 months ago

    The idea that Cocaine is simpy too irresistible is not convincing to me. As a matter of fact availability is not really an issue, yet most people are not cocaine addicts. Also of regular users the majority is not addicted in the sense of needing it daily. Further it is much easier to develop problematic drug use patterns, like with any addictive things, when it is socially taboo, so people cannot talk about it with people outside of their circle of users and hide it from friends and family.

    Addiction always is a social and psychological issue, whether it is cocaine, gambling or video games. Getting it out of the taboo is an important step to lower addiction.

    • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world
      31·
      11 months ago

      I didn’t say most people are addicts.

      What would happen, though, is there would be a great deal more addicts.

    • Llewellyn@lemm.ee
      11·
      11 months ago

      Cocaine isn’t really as available as you, it seems, trying to show. Weed was / is.

      If cocaine will become drug of choice instead of weed, consequences will be dire.

        • Llewellyn@lemm.ee
          1·
          10 months ago

          And it’s significantly worse, than weed in terms of dependency, physical harm and violent behaviour.
          Do we need to add cocaine to the cocktail? I think not.

          • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org
            2·
            10 months ago

            Yeah, I’m more on your side. Maybe with heavy regulation and medical examination to allow a person to legally take them.

      • sndmn
        21·
        11 months ago

        Cocaine is available everywhere to anybody. Stop lying.

        • Llewellyn@lemm.ee
          1·
          10 months ago

          We have quite different understanding of “available everywhere to anybody”, apparently. Stop exaggerating.

      • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.de
        21·
        11 months ago

        You will find a cocaine dealer in every mid sized town. It is not difficult to get hooked up with any drug in most places, be it weed, cocaine or opiates. Availability is not the limitinf factor to consumption or addiction in the same way it isnt for weed.