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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
by 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 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?