BREAKING: China has announced the end to the following cooperation with the US1) Calls with leaders2) Defense meetings3) Maritime Security Consultation4) Climate Change Talks5) Anti-Drug cooperation6) Transnational crimes7) Illegal Immigration— The Chollima Report (@ChollimaOrg) August 5, 2022
know I’ll get called a chauvinist but i wish China would take a more progressive domestic stance on drugs.
it's understandable why china's drug policy the way it is because of history. it's fine to wish they and the US and everyone else had the drug policy we wish everyone had as long as you acknowledge the first part and that boomers are going to boomer.
Honestly not sure the Opium War is that influential on China’s modern drug policy; they’ve got identical policies to pretty much everywhere else in the world, especially prior to recent liberalisation around cannabis in some places.
america did a lot to export their racist demonization of weed. I don't know specific citations of "here's why we did it" talking about colonial opium but it would be weirder if that wasn't informing attitudes 70 years ago.
I know I’ll get called a chauvinist but i wish China would take a more progressive domestic stance on drugs
I don't see the benefit to legalization of drugs in China. For various historical and cultural reasons, addiction and demand for drugs are already quite low relative to Western countries. As long as addicts can get help for their addiction, I don't see that legalization would do anything except stimulate demand where it doesn't currently exist.
To me, calling on China to legalize drugs is like calling on Islamic countries in the middle east to legalize alcohol. It benefits a very fringe group at best and at worst is going to introduce more problems for more people than it helps.
I don't think the idea is chauvinistic per se, but it's important to ask whether progressive policies fit local conditions.
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it's understandable why china's drug policy the way it is because of history. it's fine to wish they and the US and everyone else had the drug policy we wish everyone had as long as you acknowledge the first part and that boomers are going to boomer.
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america did a lot to export their racist demonization of weed. I don't know specific citations of "here's why we did it" talking about colonial opium but it would be weirder if that wasn't informing attitudes 70 years ago.
I don't see the benefit to legalization of drugs in China. For various historical and cultural reasons, addiction and demand for drugs are already quite low relative to Western countries. As long as addicts can get help for their addiction, I don't see that legalization would do anything except stimulate demand where it doesn't currently exist.
To me, calling on China to legalize drugs is like calling on Islamic countries in the middle east to legalize alcohol. It benefits a very fringe group at best and at worst is going to introduce more problems for more people than it helps.
I don't think the idea is chauvinistic per se, but it's important to ask whether progressive policies fit local conditions.