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Re:'That Fentanyl – That's Death': A Story of Recovery in Ba... by api on Friday August 04, 2017 @12:27AM (#14926308)
There's another possibility. Is there a cultural difference at work here? Does Asian culture have more respect for authority and less patience for things like drug abuse?

I feel like if crazy penalties like that were levied in America we would take it as a challenge. We have a long history of that.

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Re:'That Fentanyl – That's Death': A Story of Recovery in Ba... by true_religion on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:26AM (#14926997)
I have my doubts about culture being something that can effectively fend off chemical dependence.

If anything, stigmatizing a situation only drives it underground where it isn't talked about, and essentially flourishes in the darkness.

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