Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.
      • @[email protected]
        2•5 hours ago

        It was almost exclusively drugs. There were guns and “concentually harvested organs”, but pretty much everyone went there for its main product drugs.

      • @kitnaht
        8•10 hours ago

        Because it disproportionately targets minorities and the poor…being the big obvious one.

        • @TootSweetEnglish
          1•40 minutes ago

          I made the post you responded to before he edited his post to say “The war on drugs is a load of bullshit.” I wasn’t asking about that bit. And I agree with that bit.

          I was asking “how so?” about his statement that “this is actually good news.”

          But I don’t really see how this pardon is any move to weaken or end the war on drugs.

          When I have more time, I might see about responding to OP’s “sigh” post in this thread with more.

          • @kitnaht
            1•11 minutes ago

            Honestly, I think people should be able to buy pharmaceuticals from wherever they want. They should be able to seek help from a medical professional on why/why not to take X, Y, Z – but that would at least open up competition to lower drug prices.

      • @[email protected]
        5•10 hours ago

        sigh

        Drug needs, even those for addicts are a medical need.

        By restricting their needs legally you create incentives to exploit the lack of competition trough illegal trade (maffia) and loopholes (big pharma)

        The scientific result has long be in and its devastating.

        The war on drugs:

        • Directly fueled the power and profitd of organized crime who’s leaders are often protected by bureaucracy. (Kinda similar to health insurance ceos)

        • Created incentives for law enforcement to crack down on the weakest victims of abuse first to maximize their perceived need for more funding and its much easier/less dangerous then going after cartels.

        • Paved the way for the opioid pandemic to happen.

        • Stiffed scientific progress of proper medicine by putting heavy restrictions on barely understood natural substance on the literal basis of fear.