[iontheball]

The Chinese have used this approach for drug dealers for decades. It hasn’t eliminated drug trafficking, but their problem is nothing like it is in most countries. The Philippines are applying much the same approach. Contrast these approaches against ours where we are liberalizing the gateway drug, marijuana, and puzzling over why opioid use is totally out of control.

[JohnyBoy]

>The Chinese have used this approach for drug dealers for decades. It hasn’t eliminated drug trafficking, but their problem is nothing like it is in most countries. The Philippines are applying much the same approach. Contrast these approaches against ours where we are liberalizing the gateway drug, marijuana, and puzzling over why opioid use is totally out of control.

Centuries, not decades. It’s a very old practice. It’s very effective in preventing drug use.

[precisionshootist]

"The Chinese have used this approach for drug dealers for decades. It hasn’t eliminated drug trafficking, but their problem is nothing like it is in most countries. The Philippines are applying much the same approach. Contrast these approaches against ours where we are liberalizing the gateway drug, marijuana, and puzzling over why opioid use is totally out of control."

Here in the states we have SWAT teams that just kick in the door and execute them and their dog. Then we find out it was the wrong address but the shooting was justified cause the home owner was reaching for a tv remote and the officers were in fear for their lives.

[Mom MD]

While I am not a fan of legalizing mj the opioid crisis has nothing to do with it. The opioid crisis was created by the federal government. First they made level of pain the “5th vital sign” in hospitals. Then they started patien satisfaction surveys and value based purchasing where hospitals can gain or lose a percentage of their Medicare reimbursement based on those 2 measures. So you pay hospitals to keep people happy penalize them if they aren’t and focus on pain control. What do you think was going to happen?

[aquila48]

“Contrast these approaches against ours where we are liberalizing the gateway drug, marijuana, and puzzling over why opioid use is totally out of control.”

Yep. More evidence that if China and we each stay on the path we’re on, eventually China will kick our ass

[mlo]

"The Chinese have used this approach for drug dealers for decades. It hasn’t eliminated drug trafficking, but their problem is nothing like it is in most countries. The Philippines are applying much the same approach. Contrast these approaches against ours where we are liberalizing the gateway drug, marijuana, and puzzling over why opioid use is totally out of control."

Contrast this with a free country, which we are supposed to be, where the individuals rights are supposed to be paramount, and you are supposed to be free to make even stupid decisions.