Is China's war on drugs actually effective?

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• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think the problem with China is that the official metrics are likely to be skewed to portray a positive image of Chinese governance. The drug problem is probably worse, but we don’t know how bad it is compared to the norm.

  This gets tied to China’s issues with the Opium Wars and the Century of Humiliation, so I expect any discussion in China to be very sensitive given its historic significance.

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• pan_troglodytes@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  considering all of the fentanyl & other illicit chemicals made in China, I rather doubt it.

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• AmidFuror@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was going to make a facetious comment like, "Yes, comrade. There is no illicit drug use in China thanks to 100% effective policy and the people's commitment to their patriotic duty."

  Then I read the other comments and didn't want to look like just another shill for China. I count USA whataboutism as shilling since no one asked.

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• qooqie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The most effective thing they’ve done is to really brainwash the public on thing like drugs. They’re very good at controlling the narrative in China. Other than that one aspect I can’t say, but the threat of death and imprisonment for most of your life is probably genuinely terrifying

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• morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Effective at putting decent people in prison? Sure. Was that what you meant, though?

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• BadActorLol@talk.macstack.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No, usa way is much more effective

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