Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election day

Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by petre on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:24PM (#39308614)

Drug abuse is rare and severely punished. You go to prison if you're Korean, you did drugs recently and got caught in Korea. It doesn't matter if you've smoked pot overseas, flew back to Korea, got tested and the drug test came out positive. They'll still throw you in prison.

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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by standardUser on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:43PM (#39308826)

I highly doubt the resourceful youth of Korea have not discovered several ways to find and abuse stimulants to help them study.

Just curious, what is the average prison sentence in Korea for a 16-year old found guilty of buying Adderall online?

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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by numpad0 on Friday February 09, 2024 @01:39AM (#39312094)

Six months of time and >$1.5m gone from lifetime earnings? Definitely needs clarification from Korean guys, though.

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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by klassik on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:34PM (#39308728)

When do they test you?

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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by hexagonwin on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:41PM (#39308798)

It's mostly illegal to purchase in the first place iirc.

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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by petre on Friday February 09, 2024 @01:30AM (#39312031)

Random tests at the airport for instance, or more recently when you enroll for military service, as all males are required to.

The "resourceful youth" have to deal with a competitive environment, highschool bullying, exams, so they have a lot to do.

Prison sentence for drug use is up to 5 years.

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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by ken47 on Thursday February 08, 2024 @09:43PM (#39310794)

Unless you're a celebrity, in which case you get "special treatment."

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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by rayiner on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:48PM (#39311517)

And they say drug prohibition can’t work.

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