I was wondering if China and Singapore's wars on drugs have been effective. On one hand, Chinese online communities boast how drug-free their countries are. On

I was wondering if China and Singapore's wars on drugs have been effective. On one hand, Chinese online communities boast how drug-free their countries are. On the other hand, numerous researches show that harsh punishment does not necessarily reduce a crime. And of course, some also retorted that China had less drug problems only because there was no trustworthy stats. Nonetheless, it's astounding that 2% of American adults are on cocaine and more than 10% of American population misuse opioid prescription while Americans wrote more than 190 million opioid prescriptions.