re: Cocaine Inflation Erupts After U.S. Strikes On Caribbean Drug Boats

Cartel de Los Soles is somewhat real . But not all that influential. Sort of a loose affiliation of old FARC types and mid level Venezuelan Army officers who turn a blind eye to activities . But their existence and activity is a great boogeyman. Their influence is minimal. Their main markets are the Dutch islands like Aruba and Curacao and getting product to Trinidad to get to Europe bound freighters. Some of it filters to other islands in the Caribbean and gets as far as the DR and maybe Puerto Rico.

The Caribbean has long been a US lake as it applies to the smugglers. We control the sea and the airspace and have done so for the last 30 years. Thus you see minimal supply up through that route. Cartels discovered you can supply more by moving up through the overland. More place to hide and stash and more reliable and safe routes.

Ya boy, Bukele is on both the Cali and Mexican cartel payrolls. Jailing MS 13 types was part of the deal. They had proven to be not as reliable and they stuck out. He provides safe passage and in return the cartels pay him and members of the military. They've helped to fund the prison complex....along with the US.

This is where you see the dishonest extrapolation of the kernel of truth.

To deal with fentanyl specifically we need to unwind the over-regulation of opiates that started during Trump 1. We know for certainty now that normal opiates are much safer with fewer negative externalities than fentanyl.

Then once we get back to 2019 era drug problems, we can start working our way back.

The last thing we need is for the replacement for fentanyl to arrive, b/c there is almost no way that won't be worse than fentanyl

You’re the type that snorted adderall in college and pretended you did coke

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The took over a country with some of the most oil ever

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Youre such a simple person.

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All that matters is we know its coming through these countries and we know its coming here and its a fricking problem.

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The problem is what apparently doesn't matter is the law and limits on our federal government

Can you link a legitimate source to support that claim?

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Why would cocaine prices in the US rise if those drugs weren't eventually making their way to the US?

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You cannot ask a simple economics question to commie filth. They don’t have a concept of how that works.

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So the boats aren't taking fentanyl to the US?

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Im sure that the boats carry anything of value that needs to be sneaked across the border.

Fentanyl
Cocaine
Weed
Sex workers
Guns

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“Cocaine costs exploded under Trump and how it hurts the middle class ”.

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this but unironically

cocaine has been a staple of the American 20 something diet since the 70s. We are crushing the late night drinking economy with this attack on fun