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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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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Trump isn't after the drug cartel per say in Venezuela. He just wants to get rid of president Maduro. The bombings of those boats are misdirection.

Ask why does Trump want to remove president Maduro? Venezuela has the oil Trump wants.

Better to ask why Trump isn't after the fentanyl being made in Mexico. Again Trump doesn't care about drugs. China is the one supplying Mexico the chemicals to make fentanyl.
@DeWayfarer Yep, Venezuela isn't a source of fentanyl, the most dangerous drug in the US.

The big military buildup is probably designed to convince the Venezuelan military to overthrow Maduro.

It is no secret that the US administration, particularly Secretary of State Marco Rubio, would like to see Maduro toppled.

Earlier this year, he told Fox News Maduro was a "horrible dictator" and when asked whether he was demanding that Maduro leave, added: "We're going to work on that policy."

But, even for overt critics of Maduro like Rubio, it is difficult to explicitly call for military-backed regime change - something members of Venezuela's opposition have longed called for.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@ElwoodBlues There was as well short piece about this situation. It seems even some in Congress have some doubts about these bombings. Too much overkill for such small boats. Maduro himself declined a scheduled interview from a major news network. Some said Maduro was afraid something was up.