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Why are AES such nerds about drug use? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by Vampire@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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(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?

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's more an East Asian thing, it's banned in Japan and Taiwan too, idk about South Korea. But in the DPRK is pretty common to see people using cannabis.

The Opium wars was one of the major reasons why they hate most drugs. Also drugs are banned in Cuba, as for SocDem countries in LatAm, Bolivia and Colombia allow the cultivation and usage of Coca plants. Cannabis is legal in Colombia.

[–] KnockYourSocksOff@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bolivia allows indigenous communities to make cocaine which is pretty rad lol

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Coca is not cocaine 😤