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Re:The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's s... by BizarroLand on Thursday October 28, 2021 @07:23PM (#29033343)
I've heard (purely anecdotal) rumors that North Korea basically runs on Meth. I'm not sure if that is true but I suppose it would explain a lot.
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Re:The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's s... by roywiggins on Thursday October 28, 2021 @08:21PM (#29033798)
NK has a lot of meth because the government started producing it for export in the 90s, and in the 2000s it became a sort of cottage industry and culturally normalized.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58838834

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/world/asia/north-korea-cr...

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Re:The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's s... by jkhdigital on Thursday October 28, 2021 @09:30PM (#29034199)
Imperial Japan was heavily dependent on amphetamines for wartime production and military stamina, and even gave the drug a patriotic-sounding name. It is definitely a useful tool for a totalitarian regime.
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Re:The main thing about Phenylacetone meth is that there's s... by R0b0t1 on Saturday October 30, 2021 @04:38PM (#29052120)
Not sure how this is related to my comment...?

Alcohol effects some subgroups (like Asians) differently so why not have more complex behaviors as genetic as well?

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