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More stellar reporting from the abc on 1,4 butanediol smuggling. (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 5 months ago by naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/news@aussie.zone
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I read this while enjoying a glass of the date rape drug known as Shiraz which some users consume to the point of death.

You could power a city on my eyerolls. My message to the community is to demand reasonable and measured reporting on drugs, and sensible drug policy with a harm minimisation orientation.

Or you know, let's get hysterical about people taking a ghb prodrug that's harder to dose and more likely to be contaminated because it's easier to import than GHB. That'll keep the kids safe.

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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

describing a drug (well a prodrug in this case) as a date rape drug is pointless fearmongering. Uncritically repeating the cop without discussing why this is happening is just distributing propaganda from an institution that justifies a large part of its budget by creating these problems.