You obviously have not seen the weed some of these illegal dealers make, they take great care of what they produce and create some quality products. Some of them are run like normal businesses and keep their own standards. Not every dealer is some amateur running an operation from a bedsit and home made equipment.
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You obviously have not seen the weed some of these illegal dealers make, they take great care of what they produce and create some quality products. Some of them are run like normal businesses and keep their own standards. Not every dealer is some amateur running an operation from a bedsit and home made equipment.
Again, however good they are, they literally do not stand a chance against a company like GSK. It is a paraplegic David vs a Goliath on steriods.
They were not victims, they were part of a multi-million dollar drug syndicate, they did not have kids, and they did not have 'no other options.'
They were both bachelors with comfortable lives. Sukumaran worked at the passport office in Sydney. Chan was a supervisor at Eurest, a catering company.
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The same reason you don't buy a bottle of clear liquid off someone on the street who tells you it's vodka. Legitimate supply means purity is guaranteed by law. In the example of vodka, you're making sure someone's not selling you methanol which can kill you - as has happened in Russia.
This is particularly relevant nowadays e.g. Studies show that street cocaine can be as little as 5% purity even if it contains cocaine and not substitutes (such as mix of benzocaine and caffeine). This is substantially down from 10-12 years ago when 35%+ was common. It's so bad there is evidence that people are purifying their own cocaine with acetone now and consumption of more dangerous designer drugs has increased
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That last sentence - its quite widespread. Unlike some here seem to think, drug users have standards. They don't just shove a load of unknown powder x in a gel cap and take 3 or 4.
Obviously this is not all, but they will use a test kit to test the purity and check it, carefully weigh out a dose according to concentration, as you said some will purify it. Also extremely careful with the frequency of doses.
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But drug users will still go to a street dealer if its cheaper.
Remember people on drugs are quite dim when they need a fix and they dont have much money
Been explained - won't be cheaper - can't compete with large legal pharmaceutical companies and so are priced out as well as illegal
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Bloody idiots.
This.
Whilst I don't agree with the penalty,They knew the law, took a calculated risk and lost.
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Pretty much. It's just conservative politics. Make an example, and score some righteous points.
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Exactly. If criminals scaled up enough to compete with a licensed factory producing cocaine, mdma or similar, they'd be caught in 5minutes.
The cost of hiding from the law is vast. A legitimate drugs company wouldn't have to worry about that.
There is no way that an illegal operation can be cheaper, unless it is offering substandard quality, stealing materials, or avoiding taxes.
Take weed for example:
A sophisticated UK criminal operation might be a warehouse or two with hydroponic growth, the weed would then be processed in-house. A legal operation could choose better and biiger premises, as they won't have to hide their activity. Over time the processing would be outsourced to new specialists, who can do it using specialist machinery at mucher lower prices.
The criminals will distribute through a variety of dealers, who take a cut and pass onto smaller dealers. Theft is a major concern and lots of money is spent of protecting goods and hiding from the law. A legal operation could distribute to shops countrywide, and can purchase insurance to combat the risk of theft, and doesn't have to spend money to hide from the law.
The criminals wouldn't be able to compete, and would go out of business. The government could regulate safety of product. Taxes could be raised from the industry to fund medical care of drug users.
Night, and day.
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So Boots start knocking out coke for £50 a gram and your local drug dealer just undercuts them. Also, the social stigma of running into your boss in Boots and that awkward moment as you hand over your money for a weekends supply. Most people will always go to the cheapest source.
Yes, shoot people that take Ecstasy, they do so much harm to society and themselves by taking a drug less harmful than legal drugs like Alcohol and Tobacco...
While you're at it shoot people with alcohol and tobacco addiction, it'll save lots of money both for the NHS and the police!
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Sorry, I should have been clearer. The Indonesian government are complete idiots.
The dead people are marginally less stupid.
No, the lack of drugs is almost entirely the reason. Most of the cost mentioned above is in appeals and legal costs, the actual execution costs would be minimal...
Yes, shoot people that take Ecstasy, they do so much harm to society and themselves by taking a drug less harmful than legal drugs like Alcohol and Tobacco...
While you're at it shoot people with alcohol and tobacco addiction, it'll save lots of money both for the NHS and the police!
Put that in your manifesto and I'll vote for you !!
Agreed, I'm against the death penalty but it's hard to feel sorry for anyone involved in the smack business once it's out of the farmer's hands, I certainly feel more sorry for the people of Yemen.