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> 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
by 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 agohttps://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 agoI'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?