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Almost 1,000 people arrested and $500m in drugs seized in police raids across Australia

www.theguardian.com

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In total, 990 people were arrested on 2,052 drug-related charges.
Jesus. That's a lot of people. I wish the police would nationally collaborate on something useful though, like money laundering or paedophile priests. Or both! There are other worthwhile options too.
Drugs are just the self-medication for a disease, it's better to prevent the trauma and suffering that encourages the unhealthy coping mechanisms. If they want to bust syndicates, they can look into companies offering NDIS services who are exploiting their clients. But I guess they wouldn't be able to play with their guns as much.
- While I believe all drugs would be safer if they were legalized and regulated, I think your criteria for what constitutes a drug are arbitrary. MDMA has the potential to heal trauma, but it also has the potential to make people do or say things they regret later. Likewise, meth and heroin have a high potential for personal harm, but some people are able to use them safely for long periods of time. I don't think it's useful to debate what is and isn't a drug.
I hope we as a species never have to answer for the drug wars.
Legalize it, tax it, regulate it, and remove the incentive to use it.
Legalize: if there is a non-risky way to get people will use it and break criminal control
Tax it: might as well make some money off of it.
Regulate it: make the product safer and less will die from it
Remove the incentive: happy successful people don't generally feel the need to consume fucking meth.
If the cops are bored they can go arrest some priest or banker.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
More than 400 raids were carried out across the country involving police from all jurisdictions as part of the week-long Operation Vitreus, which targeted criminal drug syndicates.
In Victoria, the operation – led by the major drug squad – resulted in 149 arrests, 361 drug-related charges, 87 search warrants executed, and the seizure of 19 firearms, 13 vehicles and about $475,000 in cash.
Victoria police seized methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, ketamine, MDMA, ecstasy, cannabis (both dried and plants) and 1,4-Butanediol, with a total combined value of more than $5.76m.
The hydroponic drug crop comprising more than 2,200 cannabis plants was found in six huge greenhouses on a rural property at Gunalda, north of Gympie.
In Western Australia, police discovered almost 30kg of methamphetamine buried in bushland outside Perth, believed to be linked to outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Detectives seized about 2kg of cocaine, about $168,470 in cash, 20 litres of suspected GBL, a revolver, eight vehicles, stolen registration plates and items consistent with the manufacture of drugs.
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Each greenhouse was 80 metres long and 10 metres wide and contained 2,284 cannabis plants and about 7kg of dried cannabis.
7kg? That’s like two days worth of smoking. That can’t be right.
- 1kg = 1000g
  
  Fucking hell, yeah you’re right. 6am work start got my brain fried there for a minute, haha damn smoking a kg would be brutal.

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