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> Doomscrolling, like drug addiction, is largely the product of the holistic social-biological environment of the actor. Drug addiction is also a product of th

> Doomscrolling, like drug addiction, is largely the product of the holistic social-biological environment of the actor. Drug addiction is also a product of the availability of drugs. China has much less problems with opioid overdose than America because they learned their lesson in the 19th century.

aeblyve 2y ago
Opium use in China was largely ended because of the Communist revolution there in the 20th century, and its policies on the matter. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/347925/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/347925/
- getnormality 2y ago
  That was what I had heard too, but apparently it's gotten a bit complicated in recent decades [1][2]. Still, I get the impression that drugs are not a part of public life in China the way they are in America. [1] http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zggs/202406/t20240620_11438701.htm http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zggs/202406/t20240620_114... [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16669899 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16669899
  - bluGill 2y ago
    From my perspective drugs are not a part of public life in America either. I hope this continues (My kids will enter high school soon, and that is one of the places where they will leave my bubble for both good and bad)
- LAC-Tech 2y ago
  LOL at the extract: The People's Republic of China dealt with addiction as a political problem, offering the new society hope, food, shelter, work, and land instead of opium. Addiction no longer had its appeal. Opium producing poppies were replaced by food corps. Large opium distributors were imprisoned. Addicts were "clean". A mass campaign against addiction mobilized the entire nation. Before Liberation in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party had kept opium out of their areas. However, it took until 1953 to rid China completely of opium. Twenty million Chinese outside the People's Republic of China continue to have serious narcotic addiction problems. At least make it subtle.
insane_dreamer 2y ago
Putting drug traffickers to death is an effective deterrent.

aeblyve 2y ago

Opium use in China was largely ended because of the Communist revolution there in the 20th century, and its policies on the matter. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/347925/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/347925/

getnormality 2y ago
That was what I had heard too, but apparently it's gotten a bit complicated in recent decades [1][2]. Still, I get the impression that drugs are not a part of public life in China the way they are in America. [1] http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zggs/202406/t20240620_11438701.htm http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zggs/202406/t20240620_114... [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16669899 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16669899
- bluGill 2y ago
  From my perspective drugs are not a part of public life in America either. I hope this continues (My kids will enter high school soon, and that is one of the places where they will leave my bubble for both good and bad)
LAC-Tech 2y ago
LOL at the extract: The People's Republic of China dealt with addiction as a political problem, offering the new society hope, food, shelter, work, and land instead of opium. Addiction no longer had its appeal. Opium producing poppies were replaced by food corps. Large opium distributors were imprisoned. Addicts were "clean". A mass campaign against addiction mobilized the entire nation. Before Liberation in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party had kept opium out of their areas. However, it took until 1953 to rid China completely of opium. Twenty million Chinese outside the People's Republic of China continue to have serious narcotic addiction problems. At least make it subtle.

insane_dreamer 2y ago

Putting drug traffickers to death is an effective deterrent.