Volcel jokes aside, that's unfortunate.
Overall, I do think China is on the right track. but they def. have their issues with trying to legislate morality a little too much.
I don't think Gianna Michaels/hentai is going to inspire the populace to take up arms in a capitalist revolution.
This is a bizarre take tbh. A Chinese person smoking weed is no better or worse than an American doing the same. The history can tell us why things are the way things are, but I don't understand how it makes sense to say that one country ought to have harsh penalties while another country shouldn't. If a drug can be used as a tool for domination, then perhaps you could argue that it should be banned, but if it can dominate Chinese people then it can dominate Americans just as well. And if a drug is harmless here, then it is harmless there.
What specific material conditions currently exist in China that cause marijuana to be so much more harmful and dangerous, compared to material conditions in the US?
I'm not talking about how dangerous the drug in itself is. I'm saying that a bunch of westerners grousing about Chinese policies towards marijuana is kind of a bad look. If the Chinese people feel differently towards marijuana than we do, we should just try to understand where they're coming from and respect their laws and preferences, instead of judging them.
I agree that it can be a bad look and that there are more important things to focus on. But ideally, it ought to be decriminalized. I don't really disagree with your stance with that clarification, I think I just found the phrasing a little weird.