...Xanaxkind and CaliGirl BustsXanaxking and CaliGirl Busts? Isnt this what the Feds is supposed to do in an ideal world? Harm reduction

I understand many of us will never come to terms with it being okay for the Feds to ever bust a drug dealer. In some sense though, they have only gone after pretty damn big vendors. Do we know of any vendors getting busted for selling weed and or edibles or other relatively benign items.

I can not help but ponder the notion that people like XanaxKing and CaliGirl are a threat to the greater good of society and vast amount of resources should be focused on certain people.

I will stop short of trying to determine just where exactly the proverbial line should be drawn, but there seems there should be some forces in this world that should draw lines, and when crossed, the mallet comes down. No different than arresting a drunk driver for putting other peoples lives in danger.

BigPharma is no angel either. And do pose quite a threat to society. But blackmarket dealers selling extremely powerful drugs and chemicals to anyone who is willing to pay is just way too easy and people will harm themselves when there is such easy access.

I am all for reforming drug laws, and putting in place sensible policies that focus on harm reduction, but for now, the arrests of Xanaxking and Caligirl did remove certain threats to society. I will call this action by the govt a true attempt at harm reduction and no conspiracy.

It would not bother me if pill, heroin, meth dealers are always looking over their shoulder shitting their pants.

I do believe in a libertarian philosophy but unfortunately the rest of the world does not agree or operate based on my beliefs, so for now we must acknowledge and accept this country is ran by liberals and conservatives. Not libertarians.

How would you feel if you bought a bag of weed that looked, smelled tasted amazing, got you high as a kite, but contained high quantities of very toxic pesticides. Wouldnt you hate the person who was willing to sell a toxic product to you and then perhaps wish something equally or worse happens back to them..

The rational voice in me says, some people should be including some drug dealers should damn near be locked up and the key thrown away.

Why hasnt the free market attempted to implement harm reduction policies such as quality control/testing of products to ensure there is no Meth in your Extacy Pills and that the MDMA is pure.

How do the LSD avenger test products, is it sent to a lab?

Should you not be required to get a script before taking xanax.

Perhaps I have this all backwards and the Fed is somehow still the root cause and creating the opposite affect of harm reduction.

If you have any thoughts or opinions please share them.


Comments


[15 Points] None:

I'm confused as to why you appear to be placing all the responsibility onto the vendors. Drug dealers wouldn't exist without buyers; if there was no desire for a product no one would bother selling it. That's how supply and demand works.

I'm a pharma opiate addict. And you know whose fault that is? Mine. Like the majority of users/addicts, no one forced me to take those drugs the first time, no one forced me to continue taking them. I have had people take advantage of my vulnerability in the past (and you can make of that what you will) but to some extent, that's still my own fault because I am the person who chose to swallow those pills. Every. Single. Time. No one's ever come hunted me down and been all "hey, take these" I have always gone looking for them.

Addiction has almost ruined my life but I don't blame the people who sold me the drugs, that's on me. A lack of personal responsibility is partly why this world is so fucked up.


[12 Points] None:

Oh how convenient that in your view of a perfectly just universe the only drug that you enjoy is also the only one that should be legal.

fuck off. you're the reason that my mom doesn't think smoking pot is cool anymore.


[7 Points] NamasteNeeko:

Wait, so you think that it's OK to sell and use your particular drugs of choice but the preferences of others is somehow not acceptable to you and because of that it's good people are being busted?


[7 Points] CL_Smooth:

Sounds like someone loves their MDMA, speed and LSD but all those dirty meth and heroin and pharmaceutical anxiety medication users are some toothless crackhead zombies! Amirite guys?!!!??


[5 Points] None:

I should never, ever, ever be at the mercy of an insurance company, doctor, or government when I want to treat myself with psychoactive compounds or entertain myself by ingesting certain psychoactive compounds. Any system where the above is occurring is one that will not work and is not encouraging "Freedom and liberty", as we know it.


[2 Points] NIGGALISHUS:

In the feds eyes. Potentially fatal drugs = less junkies. It makes sense. People would be more reluctant to smoke weed if one fatality could be pointed out because of it.


[2 Points] dneth346:

The problem is when the Fed waste resources going after anyone who might potentially be a pill/heroin/meth vendor, when in fact they might just be weed buyers or just ordinary citizens. Disrupting the lives of regular citizens in an attempt to go after other non-violent criminals is not cool.

I don't know how I feel about libertarianism, but this marketplace is basically a sandbox experiment about the part of it that is most likely to go wrong. Removing xanaxking and caligirl breaks the experiment.

But blackmarket dealers selling extremely powerful drugs and chemicals to anyone who is willing to pay is just way too easy and people will harm themselves when there is such easy access.

That is a key assumption to make.


[1 Points] None:

The Feds also busted Pluto Pete, all he sold was pipes and other things to use drugs with, HE DIDNT EVEN SELL DRUGS!! but the Feds said since he was using SR he was supporting a criminal enterprise and was avoiding taxes.