Cocaine still Colombia drug gangs' top export despite fentanyl's ascendancy - eviltoast
  • DarkGamer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m surprised they are competing with each other, being very different substances with very different effects, and I wouldn’t think their user bases overlap much.

    • motorwerks@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      At that level buyers & sellers are likely drug agnostic. They buy whatever sells & sell whatever is being bought. Profit margins are likely what’s driving the transition. However, & somewhat to your point, why not both?

    • TrippingBalls@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The supply chain is already in place. That’s how Pablo got started in cocaine. He already had smuggling routes in place.

      The illegal gold mining industry in Colombia is more dangerous than the cocaine industry.

    • jeffw@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      More and more people are becoming addicted to more than one substance. Sometimes a high is a high, whatever you can get