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Drug-Sniffing Drones Take Flight Over Bolivia
pigrabbitbear writes "Anti-drug squads are now using Brazilian spy drones to sniff out drug labs that dot Bolivia in increasing numbers. Felipe Caceras, Bolivia's top anti-drug official, claims that some 240 drug labs have been busted in Santa Cruz, an eastern lowlands state bordering Brazil, this month alone, all thanks to Brazil's drones."
Of course, the USA could just DO THE RIGHT THING and legalise drugs and remove the profit from the drug cartel system, but then a bunch of congressmen won't get campaign funds to keep it all illegal.
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Seriously we are using drug sniffing drones?
The drones are more dangerous than the drugs in this situation!
Keith Richards strapped to a glider.
Done.
Is this the new way to fight crime or the new way to fill up the private prisons?
Drone manufacturers in bed with private prison owners in bed with law enforcement to create a militarized prison industrial complex?
I think drones and private prisons are worse than drugs an drug dealers. I support the drug dealers over the drone operators and private prisoner owners. What side are you on?
would like to welcome our olfactory overlords!
While many business and government leaders are drug sniffing drones, it's a little late to be welcoming them. They've been here forever.
Except, given a product with a guaranteed standard strength and some education, it's likely they wouldn't ever overdose, which is the point I am trying to make. When have you heard of terminal cancer patients accidentally overdosing on their morphine? Some do it on purpose, choosing suicide instead of the long drawn out death process that awaits them. But that is not by accident. The more opioids you take, the more tolerant you become, and the higher the dose you need to achieve the desired effect but also the more dose you can tolerate. Addicts regularly take doses that would kill you and me very quickly, without their suffering any of the dangerous cardiovascular depressive effects. There is no limit to the amount of opioids a person can tolerate, over time. The limit is the amount of money they can afford to spend daily on their habit.
As a doctor I happen to know quite a bit about these drugs. It's unfortunate that they have been demonized so much, because you will not ever find a better painkiller, a better cough suppressant, and a better anti-diarrheal medication, all rolled into one. People used to take opium derivatives all the time 100 years ago with little if any professional oversight, and society failed to collapse. But today mention opium and suddenly people are afraid of the boogey-man.
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Exes mother ODed on pills after years of abusing them. Current girlfriend's father ODed on heroin after first being addicted to pain pills. Best friend's brother ODed injecting oxycontin but luckily was found by his mother and was saved by EMS. There is a reason opiates are demonized they are abused very badly by many people. Education or not people will abuse and do stupid things when drugs are involved. Look at all the drunk driving deaths every year and that's with every bottle labeled with the strength and plenty of education about the dangers.