tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post8128170428497695010..comments2023-09-20T11:15:28.673+01:00Comments on Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: How cocaine markets have been hit by the financial crisesjanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263261726046054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-26544273364259549232009-06-11T20:53:48.148+01:002009-06-11T20:53:48.148+01:00Just another example of dumb drug policies. If one...Just another example of dumb drug policies. If one of the officers at SOCA admits "We may have to say at some stage that taking heavily adulterated cocaine is more physically harmful to the user than taking cocaine that’s less adulterated" and may one day have to "stop trying to stop cocaine coming in" then why should people be punished for it up until that point? Why not act now and people wont be exposed to the dangerous adulterants already there. The current less then "heavily adultered" cocaine is already more dangerous then pure cocaine (or this wouldnt have come up in the first place and the current contamination would actually be a good thing from a health stand point). So how about having another look at that equation? Or take a math lesson maybe?<br /><br />Also to mjscottlanyard, the bad sign is not that they still have money to support their addiction (because that would imply they can afford it which then implies that cocaine use isnt very harmful since so many other people who don't use are also broke), its that they support their addiction in spite of not having enough money to support their addiction. This leads to increases in more serious crime such as thefts and violence. The fact that prohibition leads to higher rates of non-drug crimes (e.g. theft to support addiction) is one of the main points for ending prohibtion.<br /><br />Sorry for the long post I was trying to write a quick comment and got carried away.Adimusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-42524703685924665172009-06-05T13:17:28.951+01:002009-06-05T13:17:28.951+01:00Do we also have to say something about Cocaine pro...Do we also have to say something about Cocaine producing networks themselves dealing with such vast quantities that interdiction may only result in a small loss for the business/industry? We may not know much at all about the real numbers, kilogrammes or tonnes, but I have an inclination that because of the numbers involved in the networks that nobody on the producer side know either...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064446901691610613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-66440898914667848472009-05-28T02:01:22.781+01:002009-05-28T02:01:22.781+01:00Thanks for this post.I think its because of the in...Thanks for this post.I think its because of the increasing volume of cocaine users, they support their addiction with it even though there is a financial crises they still have money to support their addiction. Bad sign..<br /><br />teenage drug rehab<br />http://www.v3tucson.commjscottlanyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991096074584485786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-26741087746885099452009-05-16T18:31:00.000+01:002009-05-16T18:31:00.000+01:00Many thanks for that. I've had a busy week and had...Many thanks for that. I've had a busy week and hadn't had the chance to follow up this story. I did hear the news item about the SOCA report and was astounded by the apparent belief that increased contamination of cocaine is something to celebrate.<br /><br />I was sure I must have misheard or that the news item had given a false summary.thepoisongardenhttp://www.thepoisongarden.co.uknoreply@blogger.com