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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by etaioinshrdlu on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:55PM (#27887697)
Doesn’t explain why most of Asia is even harsher and more restrictive than the USA.
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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by ipaddr on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:59PM (#27888260)
Opium comes to mind historically.
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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by pstuart on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:59PM (#27887751)
The USA does export its drug policy stance, and per the Nixon policies, it's a win for any government to have those tools of oppression on tap for when needed.
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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by etaioinshrdlu on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:01PM (#27887769)
I think a simpler explanation is that the general public in a country such as Japan deeply hates drug use.
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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by rfd4sgmk8u on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:38PM (#27888094)
except booze, the worst drug. vocational drinking is a cultural phenomenon.

The deal is lack of education, and exposure. The west is a lot further along on the pathway to legalization. I do believe that when the day comes, usage will be similar to in the west under legalization. We are all humans after all.

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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by bluefirebrand on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:16PM (#27888360)
> except booze, the worst drug.

Look, people are coming around to the idea that alcohol is really bad for us despite it being embedded in our social norms.

Let's not go getting carried away calling it "the worst drug". That's absurd to an extreme.

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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by rfd4sgmk8u on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:19PM (#27888384)
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/06/25/what-is-...

Pretty clear its alcohol, and this is not the only chart that clearly labels it as such.

Alcohol is the worst drug. I'm sorry if you like it, hey, I like alcohol too, and it being the worst drug means that you like the worst drug...

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