Is it finally time to ramp up the war on drugs & to designate drug cartels as terry organizations?
$1 trillion in spending... and counting
To date the war on drugs has cost some 1 trillion in spending just from the United States.. there are also thousands of individuals who have been caged over victimless crimes.
Is this really going to make the difference in any problem being reduced that's related to this topic of cartels or drug markets? The human suffering that came from the war on drugs and war on terror has been tremendous. Thousands of innocent deaths have taken place around the world and some might even question if the war can ever be won? is the approach that has been utilized for the last 20-30 years the best way to deal with the "problem"?
Despite the costly war on drugs it appears that drug use in the last few decades has increased.
So what has really been achieved all this time?
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(8/20) @alohaed tipped @doitvoluntarily
In the ear on drugs, the drugs won and liberty lost. Trump's arbitrary declaration that drug trafficking is terrorism by default ignores the fundamental definition of terrorism. Although organized crime is arguably terrorism, it is a consequence of prohibition, not a consequence of drugs.
now certainly isn't the time for making sense
Looking at his executive orders in totality, my analysis is that Trump's team is attempting to create an overlapping justification for using the military and the Department of Defense on the Southern Border. If cartels are "terrorists" then the Trump Administration can leverage the AUMF-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_of_2001#Trump_administration
While that was associated with 9-11, its use has arguably been expanded far beyond its original intention.
When Trump started the initial deluge of Executive Orders there was a cluster that jumped out at me, with potential overlapping intent.
https://www.politicalhive.org/@alohaed/reviewing-presidential-executive-orders-related-to-border-control-or-enforcement
Prohibition does create a profit incentive and organized crime. That's the catch-22 of banning things. The violence done to secure those profits may be much worse than the social harm of the thing itself.
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