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Brazil's deadliest ever police operation - 120 dead after Rio de Janeiro drug raid

I have posted this because I am interested in how do governments stop the deadly trade in drugs?
Nothing seems to work. Remove a few to prison, no dent in the supply lines.
Remember the Philippine war on Drugs instigated by President Rodrigo Duterte?
By 2022, the number of drug suspects killed since 2016 was officially tallied by the government as totaling 6,252.
Taken from the International Drug Policy Consortium;
The current punitive, prohibitionist drug policies implemented in ASEAN countries have not achieved their ‘drug-free’ goals nor achieved any substantial progress in reducing supply and preventing drug-related harms

President Trump has begun his own war on drugs when the military started missle strikes on Venezuela boats purported to be carrying drugs to the US
The assaults bring the total number of airstrikes on boats to 13 ‒ and total deaths to at least 57.

So how can the drug trade be stopped?
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Its simple.. The governments of nations who want to keep drugs out buy up the production. And addicts register for free "medication" administered by government mandate. Each addict becomes a patient and doesnt need to steal or commit crime and doesnt suffer the associated health issues that go with addiction. There are more details, like drivers licence restrictions and legal limits.. But the drug cartels are gone in monthes. Who will pay and adopt a risky lifestile when you can get it clean and free?😷