On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:13:27 -0600 Mirimir <miri...@riseup.net> wrote:
> Well, without regulation, you have assholes adulterating Are you joking or has your account been hacked? Your examples are a mix of nonsense with instances of black market 'techniques' - black markets being a government 'unintended' consequence of course. Allegedly the romans used lead acetate instead of sugar, and I doubt it's cheaper now. Fentanyl is a 'recreational drug' on its own right. It may be used to 'spike' heroin if it's more available, but it's not as if 'pure' heroin is 'healthy' anyway. Et cetera. > sugar with > lead acetate, just because it happens to cost less. That used to be > fairly common, back in the day. Or assholes spiking their "vodka" with > methanol. Or assholes spiking their "heroin" with fentanyl, or > whatever opiate agonist they can get cheapest. Or assholes spiking > their dried milk with melamine, to boost apparent protein content. > Etc etc etc. > > I suppose that AP could handle that. But many customers will get > fucked up before bids get high enough to take out sellers. Or we > could have private enforcement handle regulation. Regulation as a > service ;) Or counsumers could use some 'due diligence'