• Groovy Lizard@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    1371·
    2 years ago

    For me the most impactful sentence here is the acknowledgement that the war on drugs failed. This is obvious to a lot of us, but to politicians to say this, could mean they are actually not tangled up with the drug lords. Cheers for Switzerland, hope the legal marijuana trials triumph with positive outcomes.

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 years ago

      The war on drugs was widely successful when you start considering that it was never meant to combat drugs. It was a political maneuver to divide the populace.

      • Groovy Lizard@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Exactly, it’s not the war on drugs, it’s the war on blacks and the poor.

    • LilB0kChoy@midwest.socialEnglish
      42·
      2 years ago

      I thought the War on Drugs was a distinctly American thing, ya know, starting a war that’s doomed to fail.

      • Groovy Lizard@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Nope, here in Brazil they love to copycat the US where it fails the most, like education, healthcare, prison system and war on drugs. Sadly the whole south america follows this path at some degree.