(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?

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Kinda, but then you get the problem where the cops can achieve the same goals just by laundering their drugs through a layer of non-cop middle men.

        Meth or Crack or heroin is going to fuck people up regardless of whether its coming from the cops or not.

        • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, most substances have a healthy use case. I really wonder about if people can have a healthy relationship with meth. I know in England there seemed to be a club scene that had seen luck with it, but it is hard to picture