14 ms·
It’s not to do with money. Part of it is due to the opium wars, where Britain forced China to take their opium via military means. On the Malay side it is due
by zarzavat 4y ago
It’s not to do with money.
Part of it is due to the opium wars, where Britain forced China to take their opium via military means.
On the Malay side it is due to Islamic prohibitions on drugs. Arab countries also have extremely harsh drug laws.
And in modern times there’s just a desire to not end up like the Americas.
- graderjs 4y agoI think this makes it about Malay, when they're not in charge (or don't feel themselves to be). Most of the executed are ethnic Malay. It's more a Chinese run city-state. I think it's very much about money. Islamic prohibitions and Arab countries have extremely harsh drug laws is not universal: hashish is culture in many Arab and Islamic places, isn't it?
- zarzavat 4y agoThe opium wars are a Chinese cultural memory. Islamic prohibitions are Malay. Between them there’s a strong consensus for these kinds of laws. When I said “Arabs” I had gulf Arabs in mind. UAE is notorious for jailing hapless travelers for the possession of poppy seed bread rolls. But it’s true that there is no universal Arab culture, and certain substances are licit in certain Arab countries. For example qaat in Yemen.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- graderjs 4y agoIs that how it’s justified? Maybe to the populations. How far back is Malaysia Islamic? If Chinese are so against the drug trade because of the opium wars why is so much fentanyl manufactured in China and sent to the United States? Also, I don’t think recreational drug use is exactly uncommon on the mainland. And poppyseeds in UAE? Wow I didn’t know that.