(or are they? have I been disinfo'd?)
I am of the opinion that the drug war is evil: cops and jails ruining someone's life because of a recreational activity. And the evidence shows it does more harm than good, not stuff I have to go over again.
But DPRK and China are harsh on drugs, not sure about Cuba.
What's up with that?
First counterargument that comes to my mind is a lot of capitalist countries are very harsh on drugs as well, like the very capitalist Singapore, so you couldn't draw a correlation. What other counterarguments should a comrade consider?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_the_Soviet_Union – actually not particularly draconian: 1926-1974 there was 1-3 years for dealing, 0 for personal use. From '74 on: 1-3 years for personal use 10-15 for dealing.