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it is better that 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person suffer. you are arguing for a legal standard of 'guilty until proven innocent'. while, yes, that would allow the dea to catch more drug traffickers, other seriously bad effects would ensue, effects that are much worse than the addiction epidemic

i mean we've tried this hundreds of times in different countries; it's not a new idea. we know what the results look like

closing your bank account and withdrawing the contents in cash is not only legal; it's the foundation on which the trust of the banking system rests. a colombian doing that would presumably not want to hang around in a potentially dangerous foreign country any longer than necessary




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