I'm going to guess it's due to repeated inaccurate characterizations of those countries' drug laws (or purported lack thereof). When there's a thing that "ever

I'm going to guess it's due to repeated inaccurate characterizations of those countries' drug laws (or purported lack thereof). When there's a thing that "everybody knows", but that thing is wrong, it's hard not to continue to correct it every time you see it misreported. Again, this is my guess, I'm not rayiner.