The War of Drugs. A war which never ceases to find novel ways to violate your rights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJUXLqNHCaI
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep45154.12
https://www.techdirt.com/2016/06/21/customs-agents-local-doctor-subject-18-year-old-to-vaginal-rectal-probing-search-nonexistent-drugs/
https://www.techdirt.com/2019/06/13/new-hampshire-aclu-fighting-back-against-deas-warrantless-access-to-sensitive-medical-records/
https://www.techdirt.com/2020/09/03/appeals-court-says-address-mistakes-warrants-are-mostly-harmless-not-worth-getting-excited-about/
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/10/texas-swat-team-destroys-home-while-searching-for-the-wrong-person-at-the-wrong-address/
Not satisfied with how over-zealous drug enforcement has been an instrument for civil rights violations, lawmakers have concocted a new way to violate your rights...
Introducing the Cooper Davis Act.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/your-messaging-service-should-not-be-dea-informant
This bill would hold platforms liable if they were to fail to report illegal drug sales which they should have "reasonably known about".
For practical purposes, it'd likely lead to platforms making reports in any situation which vaguely refers to drugs, past drug usage, or treatment, thereby violating the First Amendment rights of those concerned.
It's not clear it'd have an impact on drug sales. War on Drugs type tactics never really do.
https://qoto.org/@olives/110381983321917791
https://qoto.org/@olives/110381282015846145
https://qoto.org/@olives/110383293176711628
Like with bills, it's likely this bill would be further expanded to encompass even more things.
https://edri.org/our-work/commissioner-johansson-cannot-be-trusted-with-the-eus-proposed-csa-regulation/
Also, while the "CSAM reporting scheme" might not be as harmful as this bill, even that bill has led to people being falsely accused of being child predators by platforms.
We should be sceptical of plans to expand that as well.
