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One point that may be significant is that South Korea has only one land border, and it is heavily guarded.
by thomastjeffery 9y ago
One point that may be significant is that South Korea has only one land border, and it is heavily guarded.
- che_shirecat 9y agohow is this significant in any way to the topic of drug-related deaths?
- jrs95 9y agoIt relates to how drugs get into the country, and what drugs get into the country. In the case of the U.S., the Mexico border is a huge problem. It probably didn't help that the CIA was selling automatic weapons to the cartels, either...
- BigJono 9y agoIt's much easier to catch someone smuggling drugs through an airport than it is stopping someone from walking over an imaginary line that's thousands of kilometres long. So less drugs in circulation, which would have an effect on death rates.
- coldtea 9y agoGiven that drugs are grown/cultivated elsewhere and smuggled in, and smuggling them is close to a $100 billion per year business, very.
- dba7dba 9y agoI never thought of it this way but basically South Korean is an island effectively. Practically no one travels in/out of South Korea except by flying in/out.
- gok 9y agoOk consider Iceland. Literally an island, very high overdose rate.
- codedokode 9y agoWell, having a 9 month winter will make anyone take drugs.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoPer capita? Anyway, I just wanted to point out that there are many variables to consider, and a lot of them are less obvious, or less quantifiable.