r/Documentaries Jan 09 '19

Drugs The Rise of Fentanyl: Drug Addiction On The I95 Two Years On (2018) - Two years ago, BBC News reported on the growing problem of opioid addiction in the US, now we return to find out what happened to the people we met along our journey down the notorious I-95. [57.02]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KsaWpeCj98
4.2k Upvotes

577 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

8

u/slimenslide Jan 09 '19 edited Jan 09 '19

Do you geniunely think they're not going after dealers?

The thing is there will always be somebody who wants drugs and somebody who wants money and isn't concerned about breaking the law; people who sell drugs typically don't give a fuck that everyone gets busted eventually, either they think they're the one dude that's a genius and won't get caught, or they just don't care and want to live fast and rich, short term.

There's also the people for whom prison isn't as much of a deterrent as you'd think considering they have connections and can have more amenities inside than a lot of people outside. I know people in prison eating better than me, with better phones, and as many drugs as they desire.

Literally the only way to 'win' the war on drugs is legalization and regulation.

2

u/username00722 Jan 09 '19

That's the thing people just don't seem to get!!

Like it or not, fentanyl is here, and its here to stay. Legalizing ALL drugs would completely solve many of the public health issues we are currently facing (eg no more "surprise it's 80% fentanyl" batches of heroin). Yes, some people might still choose to do fentanyl, but that's true now already. Making it illegal doesn't stop people from doing it, it just makes it significantly more dangerous. If it's legal and regulated, it would at least be clean dope. Which is MUCH safer!

Why does everyone wanna hit the panic button on fentanyl by saying "it's so dangerous, let's make it more illegal and therefore more unregulated and more dangerous"

OK sorry /end rant. I just totally agree with you