Sea turtkes after florida shoots down another ‘drug cartel boat’*

Environmental activists in all seriousness where is the outrage? 😭

Nobody ever considers the environmental impact hard drugs cause going directly into the ocean?????

It’s not just cocaine sometimes it’s meth sometimes it fentanyl

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

First ask if those chemicals are in fact harmful in the sea.

Do they break down, for example?

Undesirable maybe simply to allow the stuff to sink or dissolve in the water, and the picture is clearly not to be taken seriously. If the question is serious though let's at least determine the hazard the material may present to what, and the level of risk.

Its packaging may be the worse pollutant!

Alongside the drugs, what of the sunken boat's or plane's fuel?

Also of course is the moral matter of cold-bloodedly killing the drug-runners, rather than arresting them alive, and destroying the drugs safely ashore.

GerOttman · 70-79, M

@ArishMell this article my be informative on the question.

High levels of drugs found in sea off south England coast | Water | The Guardian https://share.google/E3WAfVxJsSR4cqVke

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@GerOttman i’ve looked it up before out of curiosity and it actually is very harmful for the ecosystem.

And I’ve always wondered why nobody takes this into consideration when they’re shooting down these boats

I even thought about the gunpowder

It can’t be good

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@DeluxedEditionYou are right: it is not good.

I suppose if they think about it at all, the authorities would consider the potential harm to wildlife from sunken drugs far less serious than the drug-gangs' intended real harm to people and society.

I would understand that, but still believe the smugglers should be arrested alive, and the drugs and boats destroyed in safe ways.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@GerOttman Thankyou. Unfortunately The Guardian actively prevents you reading it without either accepting all its "cookies" or subscribing.

I do know though, from other reports, that quantities of illegal drugs have been found off parts of the Englsih coast. The suppliers dump the consignments in the sea for others in their chain to collect, making it far harder for the Police and Coastguard to intercept. I think they have also tried air-drops from private aircraft but that method is much harder to conceal.

I imagine there are also some drugs reaching the sea via the sewer, but I don't know how large that problem might be.

Really, the ultimate solution is for enough people to realise just how foolish, dangerous and cowardly it is to try taking these toxins, that the trade ceases to be lucrative.