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Originally Posted by Mutiny77
He means the social/government response to this current epidemic is very different than the response to the crack epidemic of the 80's and 90's.
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Yeah-mostly because who is profiting from the drug addiction-it is not individuals this time, but whole corporations that own and control our politicians and Governmental agencies like the DEA. Overdose from legal drugs has become the #1 cause of accidental death in the country-surpassing gun deaths and car accidents for the first time in history. Fentanyl, Oxycodone, etc. are patented and sold for profit by nationless corporations. Things like marijuana, heroin, kratom, etc. cannot be patented and controlled in this way.
There is little difference between oxycodone and heroin besides the ability to legally profit off the disease of drug addiction.
Just about all "illegal" drugs have a "legal" counterpart that is owned and controlled by a corporation-although usually less effective. The War on "Drugs" is a complete lie and sham, and it originated as a way to target and institutionalize African Americans (as well as the poor and anti-war activists).
We are going through a drug epidemic worse than all illegal drug epidemics combined-but nothing is being done as these vulture corporations continue to rake in BILLIONS.
When crack was big in the late 80's/early 90's entire communities and families were ripped apart and destroyed by insane prison terms and declarations of war. These areas have never recovered. And expanding the prison population so ridiculously high has had the added "benefit" of inflating economic numbers like the unemployment rate as masses of people are excluded from the stats-and largely removed from society even after release with their civil rights stripped.
Is Social Control the Reason Why Some Drugs are Legal While Others Outlawed?