Anti-Drugs activist Amine Kessaci is running for office in Marseille, France 🇫🇷. The drug mafia killed his two brothers. He received a message saying he is next.
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/2c5e7176d44e.mp4
He wears a bulletproof vest and has armed bodyguards
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6n6j0d3xpo
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TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 31 pts · 144d
Ok. Not cool but if his policies is criminalizing drug users … no vote for thee
PonyOfWar@pawb.social · 42 pts · 144d
From what I've read about him, he's not. He's fighting the cartels, but he's actually criticizing purely punitive measures by the French state for not fighting the root of the problem. He wants to provide a way out for young people who got involved with gangs and drug traficking.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 7 pts · 144d
Good
IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 144d
Fixing foundations of societies would probably help stop mafias from "needing" to form, and also help stop people from the feeling they need to escape via drugs.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org · 2 pts · 143d
And it would still be great, if we could get access to drugs legally. People have always done drugs and will always do drugs. Not because they need an escape from reality, but because they are fun. Would be nice if we weren't forced to rely on shady people not lacing it with stuff just so that we can consume the drug of our choice.
nimisnimi@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 143d
It's yet another hopeless war. Legalizing other substances, just like tobacco and alcohol, should eradicate black market (and violent cartels as a result) much more effectively. I believe so...
Also: don't do drugs, do something better for yourself. Love n hobbies, maybe?
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 144d
Shades of the Gracchi Bros in Ancient Rome..?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracchi_brothers
Pip@feddit.org · 0 pts · 143d
A real hero! One can only admire people like him.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · -7 pts · 144d
What is an "anti-drug" activist? That's sounds like a cop lmao
RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 143d
You could read the article and find out more.
87Six@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 144d
Well... Probably not a cop, that does whatever they can to stop the drug mafia? Idk sounds like he's a guy that hates the cartels, not the drugs themselves, and that in my eyes is wholly justified.
Hawke@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 143d
Seems weird to phrase that as “anti-drugs” rather than “anti-cartel”
towerful@programming.dev · 4 pts · 143d
Being "anti-drugs" can be a positive position of support for drug users and tackling the root of the problem.
Not just "do drugs = bad guy". But actually understanding the problem, and addressing it