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preferredPolicy = if killing() easier than mentalHealth() then kill() else mentalHealth() I'll let your own internal compass decide whether killing is morally

preferredPolicy = if killing() easier than mentalHealth() then kill() else mentalHealth() I'll let your own internal compass decide whether killing is morally justifiable in this case.

unmole 3y ago
To quote Lee Kuan Yew: > "They assume if you are kind to drug peddlers, you build a better society. If you enter Singapore with kilos of drugs, it will destroy thousands of families. When the daughter or son, becomes an addict, you are killing that family every day for years and years. Against thousands of such deaths, one death (of the drug trafficker) is too kind."
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- geye1234 3y ago
  The western approach to drugs shows he's correct. South Korea and Japan also don't have a drug problem, because they have strict laws and enforce them.
  - unmole 3y ago
    I'm not convinced it's entirely down to laws though. India's drug laws are not very strict and enforcement is capricious. There's still no drug problem.
    - geye1234 3y ago
      Yeah I agree it's not entirely laws. Western countries (in their public cultures) treat money as the supreme good in life, so predictably almost everyone is miserable. Many people hide from their misery by checking out. So there's certainly more to it than laws.
    - 4gotunameagain 3y ago
      There is widespread alcohol and cannabis abuse in India. Fancier drugs do not make their way there because there are more profitable markets.
      - unmole 3y ago
        > There is widespread alcohol and cannabis abuse in India. What makes you say that? Being here in India, I don't really see this. > Fancier drugs do not make their way there because there are more profitable markets. India is one of the largest manufacturers of pharmaceuticals in the world. If there was demand for street drugs, domestic manufacturing could easily supply the market.
        4gotunameagain 3y ago
        https://www.dw.com/en/is-india-on-the-brink-of-a-drug-and-alcohol-abuse-crisis/a-64217066 https://www.dw.com/en/is-india-on-the-brink-of-a-drug-and-al... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC443486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC443486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787955/ I would assume that the average Indian that visits a major high end western tech aggregator has a skewed sample of India's population. > India is one of the largest manufacturers of pharmaceuticals in the world. Adjusted per capita, or in absolute terms ? Also don't forget the vast land required for precursors in the case of fancy drugs, which would require a paradigm shift.
        unmole 3y ago
        I'm sorry, did you actually read beyond the headlines? > Over 30 million individuals use cannabis products and about 2.5 million suffer from cannabis dependence > Applying estimates of prevalence to population figures, the survey estimated that in India, whose population is just over a billion, 62.5 million people use alcohol, 8.75 million use cannabis, two million use opiates, and 0.6 million use sedatives or hypnotics. In what universe does this constitute widespread drug abuse?
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preferredPolicy = if killing() easier than mentalHealth() then kill() else mentalHealth() I'll let your own internal compass decide whether killing is morally justifiable in this case.

unmole 3y ago

To quote Lee Kuan Yew: > "They assume if you are kind to drug peddlers, you build a better society. If you enter Singapore with kilos of drugs, it will destroy thousands of families. When the daughter or son, becomes an addict, you are killing that family every day for years and years. Against thousands of such deaths, one death (of the drug trafficker) is too kind."

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geye1234 3y ago
The western approach to drugs shows he's correct. South Korea and Japan also don't have a drug problem, because they have strict laws and enforce them.
- unmole 3y ago
  I'm not convinced it's entirely down to laws though. India's drug laws are not very strict and enforcement is capricious. There's still no drug problem.
  - geye1234 3y ago
    Yeah I agree it's not entirely laws. Western countries (in their public cultures) treat money as the supreme good in life, so predictably almost everyone is miserable. Many people hide from their misery by checking out. So there's certainly more to it than laws.
  - 4gotunameagain 3y ago
    There is widespread alcohol and cannabis abuse in India. Fancier drugs do not make their way there because there are more profitable markets.
    - unmole 3y ago
      > There is widespread alcohol and cannabis abuse in India. What makes you say that? Being here in India, I don't really see this. > Fancier drugs do not make their way there because there are more profitable markets. India is one of the largest manufacturers of pharmaceuticals in the world. If there was demand for street drugs, domestic manufacturing could easily supply the market.
      - 4gotunameagain 3y ago
        https://www.dw.com/en/is-india-on-the-brink-of-a-drug-and-alcohol-abuse-crisis/a-64217066 https://www.dw.com/en/is-india-on-the-brink-of-a-drug-and-al... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC443486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC443486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787955/ I would assume that the average Indian that visits a major high end western tech aggregator has a skewed sample of India's population. > India is one of the largest manufacturers of pharmaceuticals in the world. Adjusted per capita, or in absolute terms ? Also don't forget the vast land required for precursors in the case of fancy drugs, which would require a paradigm shift.
        unmole 3y ago
        I'm sorry, did you actually read beyond the headlines? > Over 30 million individuals use cannabis products and about 2.5 million suffer from cannabis dependence > Applying estimates of prevalence to population figures, the survey estimated that in India, whose population is just over a billion, 62.5 million people use alcohol, 8.75 million use cannabis, two million use opiates, and 0.6 million use sedatives or hypnotics. In what universe does this constitute widespread drug abuse?

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