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Pastimes : Your opinion please Legalization of Street Drugs
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From: S. maltophilia4/28/2024 5:14:06 PM
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.....All this talk is based on a fundamental mistake—an erroneous use of the term “cartel” and a distorted perception of the power of these groups and their leaders inspired by cultural representations like Netflix’s Narcos series and pop culture more generally. In reality, our hemisphere’s drug consumption problem is not mainly the responsibility of these cartoonish TV drug lords or narcos like Pablo Escobar or Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. It is mainly an issue of public health, and Big Pharma plays a huge role.



The word “cartel” is widely used, even by members of organizations dedicated to the drug trade. But these crime groups fail to meet the definition in economic terms: They do not form an oligopoly, nor do they establish agreements to control supply....

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