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The Mafia may be keeping fentanyl out of Italy

204 points · 269 comments · runeks

  1. shell0x · · focus · HN ↗
    The Singapore model is to execute all the dealers.
    1. m101 · · focus · HN ↗
      And heavily punish the users (which is the only way to actually win a war on drugs)
      1. Sparkle-san · · focus · HN ↗
        The evidence doesn't seem to bear this out. Texas has punitive laws around drug use and also plenty of drug users.
    2. Sparkle-san · · focus · HN ↗
      The Singapore model is also to be a 750km^2 microstate island. American laws around drugs have always been punitive and you could fit Singapore inside your average county.
      1. everybodyknows · · focus · HN ↗
        Absence of land borders simplifies the problem considerably.
        1. shell0x · · focus · HN ↗
          There is a land border with Malaysia.
          1. fittingopposite · · focus · HN ↗
            How many km?
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