Statewatch | France: How the “war on drugs” is turbo-charging surveillance powers
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A French law is set to unleash invasive new police surveillance powers. Fuelled by absurd rhetoric, the government is proposing what has been dubbed “the worst surveillance law in the EU”. Experts warn that it will fail to achieve its aims. However, the broad scope of the law means the powers can be used against migrants, their supporters, and to crack down on dissent. As official reports have made clear, dealing with drug use and trafficking requires long-term, low-tech policies – not high-tech
  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
    24·
    3 days ago

    So, just another reason to legalise them instead, available fron taxed, regulated and reputable apothecaries, like just about every expert says and treat addiction as a health issue. No need to spy on my dik pics.

    • undeffeined@lemmy.ml
      10·
      3 days ago

      Yup, exactly this. Portugal decriminalized drug use and helped immensely with hard drugs usage.

    • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
      9·
      3 days ago

      But they do want to spy on your dick pics… That’s the real purpose here ! They don’t care on the war of drugs anyway.

      Dickfingerprinting !

  • Narri N.@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    3 days ago

    My money is on drugs winning this war on drugs, as they already did the one fought in the US against drugs. I’d much prefer that, in fact, as I like drugs more than whoeverthefuck it is that’s fighting against drugs.

    PS. WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

  • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    3 days ago

    In the midst of the media uproar over drug trafficking, a law on “drug trafficking” is passing through Parliament. In reality, this text does not only apply to the sale of narcotics and leads to a heavy reinforcement of the surveillance capacities of the intelligence and judicial police. It is one of the most repressive and dangerous texts of recent years. This law could notably give even more powers to repress activism.

    This bill was adopted unanimously in the Senate, with the support of the Socialists, the Ecologists and the Communists, and will now be discussed in the National Assembly. La Quadrature du Net is calling for urgent mobilization to raise awareness of the dangers of this text and to push left-wing parties to reject it.

    for the rest of the article ☞ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/02/27/all-out-mobilization-against-the-french-war-on-drugs-law/