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I honestly don't desire to belittle or discount your anecdotes, but equating failed state = drug abusing population seems problematic when you look around in th
by panacea 13y ago
I honestly don't desire to belittle or discount your anecdotes, but equating failed state = drug abusing population seems problematic when you look around in the West.
- smackay 13y agoYou have to think of it in terms of the nightmare that is unfolding in Mexico rather than recreational use of drugs by people who are otherwise able to support themselves with jobs.
- rdl 13y agoIn both Mexico and Afghanistan, it's not so much local consumption of drugs which is the problem, but production/distribution/etc. of drugs for export or transshipment. Yemen has a drug use problem (with Khat), leading to a lack of water, etc., but that's nowhere near as serious as narco-insurgency.