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0 pointseru1y ago0 comments

Japan had insane drug problems just after WW2. Not sure anything changed about their border since then?

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Gigachad1y ago· 3 in thread

Australia also has very strong borders and has a lot of problems with meth. Particularly in the outer / rural areas.

ty68531y ago

Sailing a load of drugs into Australia would be a cake walk compared to sailing them into Japan.

eruOP1y ago

Well, you'd have to deal with the Australia wildlife, if you sell them into the middle of nowhere.

andyferris1y ago

What fraction of our meth is imported vs locally produced?

I know there are a lot of problems with meth, but how do they compare with other countries? (Per capita, say?)

coldtea1y ago· 2 in thread

Drug use problems. Not drug gang problems (aside illegal distribution and the ocassional violent internal dispute "resolution") - that is, no druggies robbing and murdering people, no shootings, no gang initiation rites involving murdering, no crackheads and H addicts dwelling in dystopian street scenes, etc...

eruOP1y ago

Going on a tangent: you can remove almost all of the drug problems than are not 'drug use' problems, by simply legalising drugs.

You can even tax drugs quite a lot, and still keep the blackmarket small.

PoppinFreshDo1y ago

Drug decriminalization has been a horrific failure. Legalization just let's these problems become (worse) epidemics.

Taxation in California has proven to be a huge incentive to black market growers who can grow and sell tax free. The legal seller has the weight of taxation.

Your suggestions are basically a recipe for greater disaster.

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andyferris1y ago· 1 in thread

Just after WW2 the USA was running Japan’s borders…

eruOP1y ago

The drugs were mostly domestic, so the border didn't matter too much one way or another.

forgotoldacc1y ago

"Just after WW2" is an entire lifetime ago. People who were adults just after WW2 are almost all dead.

Japan was entirely controlled by the US after WW2 and had no control over its own affairs for several years. That's one big change. Plus culture changes a lot in a full century.

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10 comments · 4 top-level

Gigachad1y ago· 3 in thread

Australia also has very strong borders and has a lot of problems with meth. Particularly in the outer / rural areas.

ty68531y ago

Sailing a load of drugs into Australia would be a cake walk compared to sailing them into Japan.

eruOP1y ago

Well, you'd have to deal with the Australia wildlife, if you sell them into the middle of nowhere.

andyferris1y ago

What fraction of our meth is imported vs locally produced?

I know there are a lot of problems with meth, but how do they compare with other countries? (Per capita, say?)

coldtea1y ago· 2 in thread

eruOP1y ago

Going on a tangent: you can remove almost all of the drug problems than are not 'drug use' problems, by simply legalising drugs.

You can even tax drugs quite a lot, and still keep the blackmarket small.

PoppinFreshDo1y ago

Drug decriminalization has been a horrific failure. Legalization just let's these problems become (worse) epidemics.

Taxation in California has proven to be a huge incentive to black market growers who can grow and sell tax free. The legal seller has the weight of taxation.

Your suggestions are basically a recipe for greater disaster.

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andyferris1y ago· 1 in thread

Just after WW2 the USA was running Japan’s borders…

eruOP1y ago

The drugs were mostly domestic, so the border didn't matter too much one way or another.

forgotoldacc1y ago

"Just after WW2" is an entire lifetime ago. People who were adults just after WW2 are almost all dead.

Japan was entirely controlled by the US after WW2 and had no control over its own affairs for several years. That's one big change. Plus culture changes a lot in a full century.

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