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Cannabis Human Trafficking in Scotland, Who's Fault Is It?
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Cannabis Slavery in Scotland - Who's to
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Child trafficking and forced labor are not to be put on the consumer's shoulders
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Cannabis Slavery in Scotland â Whoâs to Blame?
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Everybody knows that âDRUGSâ is the worldâs largest and most profitable illicit market.
However, do you know what the second largest black market is?
If you guessed âgunsâ â guess again. The second largest black market on the planet trailing behind the illicit drug market
is human trafficking!
Pulling in an estimated $150 billion annually in profits for traffickers â human trafficking is a robust and highly profitable
market, which is evil to its core.
Trafficking involves âtransporting someone into a situation of exploitation.â This includes, forced labor, prostitution,
organ removal, forced marriages. These are what we refer to as âModern Slaveryâ.
I would add in âDrug prisonersâ as another form of modern slavery, but this is not the point of this article.
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You may be asking by now, what is the point of this article? What does human trafficking have to do cannabis?
Well, I felt the need to preface this piece with human trafficking because of the story Iâm about to tell you about human
trafficking and cannabis in a place called Scotland.
Cannabis and Child Trafficking in Scotland
Alex-Cole-Hamilton, a Liberal Democratic Politician and Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Scotland. He recently
wrote an article in the Edinburgh News
(https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/cannabis-the-ugly-truth-about-child-slavery-in-
secret-farms-in-scotland-cannot-be-ignored-by-users-alex-cole-hamilton-msp-3297817) where he outlines the âugly truth
about child slavery in hidden cannabis farms in Scotlandâ.
In the article, the politician points out that within the illegal cannabis industry, these illegal players traffic children
typically from Southeast Asia to the UK, and force them into tending cannabis farms.
These conditions are often dismal and even the thought of trafficking someone to grow weed is quite unsettling.
Up until this point I was 100% on board with Cole-Hamiltonâs position on human trafficking â we should totally not do it!
The problem comes when he wanted to shift the blame on consumers.
âThis is of course true, but there is another aspect to this story and one that will make uncomfortable reading for many people
who enjoy cannabis and believe it to be harmless to themselves and the world around them.â
This statement is something that is often used by politicians when talking about cannabis. âPeople think that cannabis is
harmless to themselves and the world around themâŚâ
This is a naĂŻve outlook on life. Anybody with an ounce of understanding knows that for you to wear those cheap
commodities or enjoy the latest iPhone, in all likeliness â there was some form of child labor involved.
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Corporations do a damn fine job at keeping consumers ignorant of the dismal realities of production, but the fact of the
matter is that most people who work in âproduction facilitiesâ do so for $1 a day or less.
If this is acceptable within a legal market â it comes to no surprise that within the illegal market, implementing modern
slavery is the cheaper alternative. There are no regulations.
However, is this the responsibility of the consumer? Should the consumer âstop consumingâ simply because this is
happening?
This is what weâre talking about in todayâs article â whoâs to blame for the bloodshed and pain within the illegal
cannabis industry?
Politicians will always blame YOU!
Cole-Hamiltonâs position isnât anything new â politicians have long been playing the âyouâre responsible for our fuckups
cardâ.
This is why âyouâre carbon footprintâ is so important these days!
Because while the major corporations continue to consume our clean water, destroy our forests, make barren our
earth, all in the name of profits; youâre the despicable fuck who is destroying earth!
Oh, and forget about asking about the carbon emissions of the military, thatâs on a âneed to know basisâ and you sure as
hell donât need to know!
Just keep on believing that youâre the scum of the earth and the reason why everything is going to shit!
This is politics 101 folks! They did the same with drugs.
The blood of the innocent on your joints
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Many of you may not be old enough to remember, but in the 1980s-1990s the D.A.R.E campaigns tried every angle to
guilt of shame consumers away from cannabis.
Fortunately, all of their PSAs acted more like commercials to the counter-culture â however, within these narratives you
can find the similar blame strategy unfold.
Politicians would cite the horrific deaths and murders that occur because of the drug trade and make you feel like
âyouâre funding all of thisâ.
In one way, they do have a point. If you buy drugs from the cartel, youâre giving them money that they use to buy guns,
people and politicians.
On the other hand, you didnât make drugs illegal in the first place. It wasnât you who sent some of the most lucrative
goods into the underground to be regulated by psychopaths who have no compassion for society.
It wasnât the consumer that established these laws â it was the politicians!
Donât Accept the Narrative!
I am writing this article as a means of opening up your eyes to the world that politics work. The politician will always
shift the blame to you; it makes them the âsolutionâ.
The truth is, we should remind politicians that it was they that established the rules of the game. You â the consumer, is
the last link in the supply chain.
Politicians argue that if consumers were to âjust not consume drugsâ then traffickers simply wouldnât have people to
sell to, and thus â youâd end the entire illicit trade.
Except, thatâs a ludicrous position to take. One could also argue that if we all just stopped drinking soft-drinks and
stopped eating candies, we could significantly reduce Diabetes, hyper tension, etc.
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Similarly, one cannot expect consumers to âend the war on drugsâ especially since âconsumers were consuming drugs
before the war on drugs even existed!â
Drug consumption predates prohibition, meaning that the ânew kid on the blockâ is prohibition and if anyone simply
âneeds to changeâ â itâs the laws surrounding drugs.
I bet you that if cannabis was legal, regulated and widely available in Scotland â youâd find no trafficked child on a
cannabis field.
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