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Europe
EU drug agency sees rising gang violence amid steady prices
2019-11-27
One must note that at least some of these narco gangs are Muslim colonists connected to various jihadi groups — Al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, and so forth. And we haven’t been hearing much about North Korea on the subject, but didn’t they used to be involved in the heroin trade?
[AlAhram] The Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an Union agency that monitors drug use says it has detected a trend of escalating violence between gangs operating on the continent.

The development of new synthetic drugs and changes to traditional supply routes feeding drugs into Europe
...heroin and opium from the Taliban in Afghanistan, cocaine from Hispanic America trafficked with the help of Hezb’allah, ISIS used to be very keen on captagon in Syria, both for the jihadis at home and for sale abroad...both
are bringing gangs into conflict, the agency said in its annual report published Tuesday.

The online sale of synthetic opioids creates new and unwelcome competition for heroin suppliers, for example.

These developments "create the conditions for disruptive criminal business models, greater competition and associated conflict, with the potential for an increase in harms, including violence, associated with the drug market,'' the report said.

"Drug market-related violence and intimidation is a growing concern in the EU,'' it added.

"In addition to firearms, including automatic weapons, the use of hand grenades and explosives in the context of drug-related violence appears to be increasing.''
...which explains the nonsense in Sweden...
European consumers increasingly have access to "a wide variety of high-purity and high-potency products," the agency said.
And what better way to turn your back on the future than with a wide variety of pure and potent mind-altering substances!
It added that these products are available at the same price or cheaper than over the past decade.

Europe's biggest market is for cannabis,
...from Mexico? That’d be Hezb’allah....
worth at least 11.6 billion euros ($12.8 billion) in 2017, followed by cocaine
Central to South America — Hizb’allah again, perhaps with help from the IRGC....
with an estimated minimum market value that year of 9.1 billion euros ($10 billion).

The Lisbon, Portugal-based European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction notes in its report Tuesday that illicit drugs are "the most valuable market" for criminal organizations in the EU.
Posted by:trailing wife

#8  Which means higher profits which means more attraction from crims.

Personally. I think drugs should be legal, BUT while you are high you are treated as mentally ill at your own cost, and away from society.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-11-27 15:36  

#7  Read long ago that steady prices means interdiction is not working.A successful war on drugs would limit supply thus resulting in higher prices.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2019-11-27 15:30  

#6  ^^^I'm sure the state has their hands in the legal shops so deep is one reason they are struggling.
Posted by: chris   2019-11-27 11:13  

#5  what happened to legal marijuana prices in California

Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-11-27 10:01  

#4  Yes, if you can't undercut your competitors on price, you can always, uh, compete in other ways...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-11-27 09:57  

#3  ^Look what happened to legal marijuana prices in California, BP
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2019-11-27 08:56  

#2  High drug prices (stemming from their illegality) and thus profits fund the armed gangs so yes it will limit their ability.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-11-27 08:42  

#1  But... but if everyone makes drugs legal in their States, these people can become legitimate entrepreneurs, and exporters. They will enter the free market economy, have quality ratings... whaddayaknow, TV Ads !

Then they'll give up the violence too. I'm sure of it. /sarc
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-27 08:12  

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