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El Chapo's sons are credited with banners in Sinaloa forbidding the sale, manufacture, transport or business dealing with fentanyl. Would such a campaign by U.S. law enforcement succeed?
The two sons of the notorious drug lord El Chapo may be prematurely credited with banners appearing throughout Sinaloa. The "Los Chapitos banners" are either indicative of a reversal of business model by the brothers, a NOTICE to other drug dealers & manufacturer's to not invade, their territory, Sinaloa, or even more outstanding they realize fentanyl is actually cutting into the attractiveness, addiction, lure of their "product" to the extent even the lives of their customers.
"In Sinaloa, the sale, manufacture, transport or any other business dealing with fentanyl, is strictly prohibited, including the sale of chemicals used to produce it," the banners read. "You have been warned. "
With the attention on both humans and drugs crossing the border the legislative & executive actions in the past 50 years are being questioned; some conclusions suggest the only answer is legalize all drugs. While others suggest the wholesale lacing of drugs, with the intention of increasing profits and increasing the speed of additions, merits an aggressive position.
Currently SB 44 - failed to pass March 2023, in California
11369. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Alexandra’s Law.(b) The court shall advise a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, a violation of Section 11351, 11352 for transporting, importing, selling, or administering a controlled substance, offering to transport, import, sell, or administer a controlled substance, or attempting to transport, import, sell, or administer a controlled substance, or 11379.6, where the substance contained fentanyl or a fentanyl analog...
In response to SB44 failing, September 11th Assembly Initiative ACA33 was proposed - SENATE HEALTH (ca.gov) It is now on the path to become an initiative to be approved by voters
Looking back 50 years ago how effective were the ads?
- A 1970 anti-drug campaign stressed "Why do you think they call it dope?"
- A 1980 anti-drug campaign suggested children follow their parents habits. Another one utilized "this is your brain on drugs"
- The 1990's anti-drug campaign utilized celebrities
A NPR documentary on the war on drugs suggested:
"We have been involved in the failed War on Drugs for so very long," said retired Maj. Neill Franklin, a veteran with the Baltimore City Police and the Maryland State Police who led drug task forces for years. He now believes the response to drugs should be handled by doctors and therapists, not cops and prison guards. "It does not belong in our wheelhouse," Franklin said during a press conference this week.
How did the "war on drugs begin"? June 17, 1971 President Nixon addressed both Congress and then the nation when he said, "America's public enemy No. 1 is Drug Abuse". He then outlined the process, including a request for money and detailing it as a
"worldwide offensive dealing with
- the problems of sources of supply as well as
- American's who may be stationed abroad wherever they are in the world
- it will be government wide pulling together the nine different fragmented areas within the government in which this problem is now being handled
- and it will be nationwide in terms of a new educational program
it will be necessary to have a new organization...within the White House - with Dr Jaffee overseeing
- all 9 government agencies that deal with the problems of rehabilitation.
- research and education
- $155 million to underwrite the effort, $105 million of which would be dedicated to treatment and rehabilitation.
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